Design & optimization of a compact ring monopole antenna for wireless implantable body area network (WiBAN) applications

Author

Ramli, N.H. ; Ahyat, E.N. ; Kamarudin, M.R. ; Samsuri, N.A. ; Rahim, M.K.A. ; Khamis, N.H.

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Center (WCC), Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1602

Lastpage

1609

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a small printed monopole antenna to be used in wireless implantable body area network (WiBAN) applications. The proposed antenna is implanted into human breast model for in body communication. The gain of the implantable antenna is 0.8 dBi at frequency 2.0 GHz. Whilst in the free space the antenna has a gain of 2.4dBi at frequency 2.5GHz. The final measured result shows satisfactory performance and good agreement with the simulated result.

Keywords

body area networks; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; body communication; compact ring monopole antenna; free space; frequency 2.0 GHz; frequency 2.5 GHz; human breast model; small printed monopole antenna; wireless implantable body area network applications; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Biological system modeling; Humans; Loss measurement; Wireless communication; Wireless Body Area Network; gain; implantable antenna; operating bandwidth; printed monopole antenna; radiation pattern; return loss;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2011 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2034-5

Type

conf

Filename

6174073