Title :
Reconfigurable body worn antenna for Bluetooth and WiMAX
Author :
Javed, Ambreen ; Bhellar, Benazeer ; Tahir, Farooq A.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. (SEECS), Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
Abstract :
The paper presents a frequency reconfigurable microstrip patch antenna printed on a textile substrate. It can be tuned by using active circuitry between Bluetooth and WiMAX operating at 2.4 GHz and 2.5 GHz frequency bands respectively. Indigo blue jeans having relative permittivity 1.68 with thickness 1 mm is used as a textile substrate. The frequency reconfiguration is achieved by switching the PIN diodes in ON and OFF states. To operate the antenna at desired frequency bands, the patch shape, substrate parameters, type and location of the feed are analyzed. Simulations are carried out Ansoft HFSS v13.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; UHF antennas; WiMax; active networks; antenna feeds; microstrip antennas; p-i-n diodes; permittivity; textiles; wearable antennas; Ansoft HFSS v13; Bluetooth; PIN diodes; WiMAX; active circuitry; feed location; frequency 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz; frequency bands; frequency reconfigurable microstrip patch shape antenna; indigo blue jeans; on-off states; reconfigurable body worn antenna; relative permittivity; textile substrate parameters; Antennas; Bandwidth; Switches; WiMAX; Bluetooth and WiMAX; PIN diodes; flexible antenna; microstrip patch antenna; reconfigurable antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), 2015 12th International Bhurban Conference on
Conference_Location :
Islamabad
DOI :
10.1109/IBCAST.2015.7058558
