Title :
Small Uni-Planar Antenna Suitable for Body Wearable Applications
Author :
Waterhouse, Rod ; Novak, Dalma
Author_Institution :
LLC, Glen Burnie, MD
Abstract :
We present a small, low cost printed antenna suitable for wireless systems operating below 1 GHz. The antenna is based on a meander line slot loaded with a short circuit and is fed by a co-planar waveguide (CPW) transmission line to provide a uni-planar solution. We have prototyped and tested a 430 MHz version of the antenna and the resulting radiator provides a near omni-directional radiation pattern with a bandwidth of approximately 5%. We also explore versions of the antenna that can be integrated into a platform suitable for body wearable applications
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; coplanar transmission lines; microstrip antennas; mobile radio; planar antennas; 430 MHz; CPW transmission line; coplanar waveguide; meander line slot; omni-directional radiation pattern; printed antenna; short circuit; uniplanar antenna; wireless systems; Antenna radiation patterns; Circuit testing; Coplanar transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides; Costs; Distributed parameter circuits; Loaded antennas; Prototypes; Slot antennas; Transmission line antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0617-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0618-8
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302075
