Dual-band patch antenna with monopole-like radiation patterns for BAN communications

Author

Andrenko, A.S. ; Ida, I. ; Kikuzuki, T.

Author_Institution

Adv. Wireless Tech. Lab., Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

1922

Lastpage

1926

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a novel dual-band patch antenna to be used for human BAN communications applications. The antenna has been designed to provide similar monopole-like radiation properties at 950MHz/2.45GHz ISM bands commonly used in BAN wireless communication technologies. The proposed antenna consists of two short circuited ring patch elements integrated on the FR4 substrate. Numerical simulation results of antenna performance in free space and on the surface of a human body together with the antenna-on-body measurements data have being presented and analyzed.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; body area networks; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; numerical analysis; FR4 substrate; ISM bands; antenna-on-body measurements data; body-area network communications; dual-band patch antenna; free space; frequency 2.45 GHz; frequency 950 MHz; human BAN communications applications; monopole-like radiation patterns; numerical simulation; short circuited ring patch elements; wireless communication technologies; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Feeds; Substrates; Wireless communication; dual-band antenna; human BAN; radiation pattern; short circuited ring patch;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546624