Microstrip loop antenna for wearable applications

Author

Kumari, Sakshi ; Gupta, Vibha Rani ; Agarwal, Adarsh ; Kumar, Abhishek ; Raj, Ankit

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Birla Inst. of Technol., Ranchi, India

fYear

2012

fDate

15-17 March 2012

Firstpage

813

Lastpage

815

Abstract

This paper presents a microstrip rectangular loop antenna for wearable application. The substrate used for the prototype model is a FR4 material. The designed antenna can be integrated with a watch and is suitable for the wearable application. The characteristics of the prototype antenna developed, are measured in terms of the return loss, VSWR bandwidth, and radiation pattern. It is found that the fabricated antennas possess 210 MHz VSWR Bandwidth. This antenna can be placed over the outer ring a rectangular watch without disturbing the wearing comfort.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; loop antennas; microstrip antennas; wearable antennas; FR4 material; VSWR bandwidth; antenna design; fabricated antenna; frequency 210 MHz; microstrip rectangular loop antenna; patch antenna; prototype antenna; radiation pattern; rectangular watch; return loss; watch antenna; wearable antenna; wearable application; wearing comfort; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Loss measurement; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Microstrip antenna; Patch antenna; Wearable antenna; watch antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT), 2012 1st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dhanbad

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0694-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAIT.2012.6194528

Filename

6194528