A UWB fractal antenna for body area network applications

Author

Alsabbagh, H.M. ; Mahmood, F.E. ; Edwards, R.M. ; Brister, J.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Basra, Basra, Iraq

fYear

2012

fDate

12-13 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A compact ultra-wideband antenna is used to demonstrate a notching method using a fractal for the amelioration of interference from legacy users such WiMAX and WLAN. The achieved results show that this antenna operates in the range of frequencies specified by FCC for BAN and relatively stable characteristics in the presence of simulated biological tissue representing a forearm. The antenna is fed with a compact waveguide and has useful properties with a main beam parallel to and perpendicular to the skin. The antennas have footprints of 1.6cm ×2.2cm and 2cm × 2.6 cm including co-planar feed.

Keywords

WiMax; antenna feeds; biological tissues; body area networks; fractal antennas; ultra wideband antennas; waveguides; wireless LAN; BAN; FCC; UWB fractal antenna; WLAN; WiMAX; biological tissue; body area network; co-planar feed; interference amelioration; notching method; size 1.6 cm; size 2 cm; size 2.2 cm; size 2.6 cm; ultra wideband antennas; waveguide; Fractals; Phantoms; Skin; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Fractal antennas; body-area networks; co-planar waveguide;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2218-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2219-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2012.6403090

Filename

6403090