DocumentCode
3395056
Title
A wearable flexible multi-band antenna based on a square slotted printed monopole
Author
Ma, L. ; Edwards, R.M. ; Bashir, S. ; Khattak, M.I.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough
fYear
2008
fDate
17-18 March 2008
Firstpage
345
Lastpage
348
Abstract
This paper presents a novel flexible wearable multi-band printed monopole antenna on a neoprene substrate. Bands covered are GSM 900 (890-960 MHz), DCS (1710- 1880 MHz), PCS (1850-1990 MHz), UMTS (1920-2170 MHz) and WLAN 2.4 GHz (2400-2484 MHz) bands. The antenna is optimised for performance on the body.
Keywords
microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; slot antennas; multiband antenna; square slotted printed monopole antenna; wearable flexible antenna; 3G mobile communication; Antennas and propagation; Clothing; Distributed control; GSM; Microstrip antennas; Permittivity; Personal communication networks; Slot antennas; Wireless LAN;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Conference, 2008. LAPC 2008. Loughborough
Conference_Location
Loughborough
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1893-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1894-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LAPC.2008.4516937
Filename
4516937
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