Small size wearable button antenna

Author

Sanz-Izquierdo, B. ; Huang, F. ; Batchelor, J.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Kent Univ., Canterbury

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A novel small size wearable antenna for WLAN applications is proposed in this paper. The antenna structure is based on a previous development and achieves lower size by implementing different miniaturization techniques. The radiating structure has the shape and dimensions of a standard denim jeans button and is made up of a button shaped cylindrical structure and a top metal disc connected to the ground plane. The antenna is also filled by a dielectric material and an extra shorting via connects the two top parallel plates. The structure and dimensions achieved are those of a standard metal button with greater deal of camouflage and rigidness than previous wearable antenna developments. The proposed wearable antenna is designed for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz with an omni-directional pattern required for transmission with other wearable devices located across the body.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; dielectric-loaded antennas; directive antennas; WLAN applications; button shaped cylindrical structure; dielectric material; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 5 GHz; miniaturization techniques; omni-directional pattern; parallel plates; radiating structure; small size wearable button antenna; Antenna feeds; Bluetooth; Coaxial components; Dielectric materials; Dual band; Microstrip antennas; Shape; Transmitting antennas; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; Dual band antennas; WLAN; Wearable Antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-92-9092-937-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4584568

Filename

4584568