Miniaturization of bow-tie slot antenna for mounting on human arm

Author

Asano, Masahiro ; Hori, Toshikazu ; Fujimoto, Mitoshi

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Fukui, Fukui, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

554

Lastpage

556

Abstract

In Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) which is the network around a human body, Ultra Wide Band (UWB) communication is one of the candidates for a realizing a high transmission speed. However, the antenna characteristics can be degraded due to influence of the human body. Also, broadband antennas which cover the bandwidth of UWB are too large for WBAN´s antennas in general. In this paper, an antenna with a slot of a bow-tie shape focused and downsizing technique discussed. In comparison with the basic shape, it downsized by approximately 10% in the y-direction, 68% in the z-direction. And, average Front to Back ratio of 1.95dB is obtained in band from 4.7 to 10.6GHz.

Keywords

bow-tie antennas; microwave antennas; slot antennas; ultra wideband antennas; wearable antennas; UWB antenna; UWB communication; WBAN antenna; average front to back ratio; bow-tie shape slot antenna miniaturization; broadband antenna; downsizing technique; focused technique; frequency 4.7 GHz to 10.6 GHz; gain 1.95 dB; human arm mounting; human body antenna characteristics; ultrawide band communication; wireless body area network; Bandwidth; Directive antennas; Microwave antennas; Shape; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Bow-tie slot antenna; Downsizing; UWB; WBAN; Wearable antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2013 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Seoul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2013.6694862

Filename

6694862