Design and evaluation of a novel octagonal UWB wearable textile antenna under different bending conditions

Author

Shehab, Shahriar Hasan ; Hassan, Shoaib ; Arifin, Farhadur

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., American Int. Univ.-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh

fYear

2014

fDate

20-22 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

176

Lastpage

179

Abstract

In this paper a novel Ultra Wide Band textile antenna is designed which operates from 2.6-14 GHz, covering entire Ultra Wide Band frequency range of 3.1-10.6 GHz, as approved by FCC. The proposed antenna consists of a octagonal patch and a partial ground plane with a square notch. The substrate of the designed antenna is made of Dacron fabric (ε_r=3) while patch and ground is made of copper tape. The dimension of the substrate is 43×34 mm². Simulated results of different antenna parameters such as return loss (S11), gain and radiation patterns are presented. This antenna performance are also analysed at four different bending angles. The characteristics, low profile and compact size of the proposed antenna depicts as a potential candidate for UWB applications. The antenna design details and simulated results are presented by CST microwave studio.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microwave antennas; ultra wideband antennas; wearable antennas; CST microwave studio; Dacron fabric; frequency 2.6 GHz to 14 GHz; novel octagonal UWB wearable textile antenna; octagonal patch; partial ground plane; square notch; ultra wide band frequency; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Substrates; Textiles; Ultra wideband antennas; Octagonal patch; Partial ground; Textile Antenna; Ultra Wide Band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dhaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4167-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECE.2014.7026878

Filename

7026878