A wearable monopole antenna for ultra wideband with notching function

This paper proposes a flexible wearable ultra-wideband antenna suitable for 802.15.3a WPAN applications. The design incorporates a notch at 5 GHz for providing WLAN compatibility. The effects of antenna shape and the loss properties of the substrate on the resonant performance are discussed with reference to the notch band. A novel neoprenecopy substrate is characterised in this paper. Measured results are included for "Antenna on skin" and "Antenna on a hand glove" for return loss and far-field patterns and SAR values.