Compact monopole antenna for wireless body area network, wireless local area network, and ultrawideband applications

Zheng, Ying; Zhang, Kai; Chen, Juan; Yan, Sen

doi:10.1002/mmce.22546

Cited by 8 publications

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“…With ongoing research and innovation, the landscape of wearable antennas continues to evolve, promising enhanced performance and expanded applications in the foreseeable future. The realm of modern healthcare technology is witnessing a surge in proposals for ultra-wideband (UWB) wearable radiators, with several notable contributions documented in recent literature [12][13][14][15]. Among these advancements, dual wideband antennas have emerged as pivotal components in biomedical wearable applications, offering a unique capability to operate across multiple frequency bands.…”

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Textile Antenna with Dual Bands and SAR Measurements for Wearable Communication

Abdelghany,

Ahmed,

Ibrahim

et al. 2024

Electronics

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A novel dual-wideband textile antenna designed for wearable applications is introduced in this study. Embedding antennas into wearable devices requires a detailed analysis of the specific absorption rate (SAR) to ensure safety. To achieve this, SAR values were meticulously simulated and evaluated within a human voxel model, considering various body regions such as the left/right head and the abdominal region. The proposed antenna is a monopole design utilizing denim textile as the substrate material. The characterization of the denim textile substrate is carried out using two different methods. The first analysis included a DAC (Dielectric Assessment Kit), while a ring resonator technique was employed for the second examination. Operating within the frequency bands of (58.06%) 2.2–4 GHz and (61.43) 5.3–10 GHz, the antenna demonstrated flexibility in its dual-wideband capabilities. Extensive simulations and tests were conducted to assess the performance of the antenna in both flat and bent configurations. The SAR results obtained from these tests indicate that the antenna complies with safety standard limits when integrated with the human voxel model. This validation underscores the potential of the proposed antenna for seamless integration into wearable applications, offering a promising solution for future developments in this domain.

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confidence: 99%

Textile Antenna with Dual Bands and SAR Measurements for Wearable Communication

Abdelghany,

Ahmed,

Ibrahim

et al. 2024

Electronics

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“…Recently, wireless body area network (WBAN), which can promote in-depth communication between people and internet of things, is becoming a research hotspot. [1][2][3] With advancement of the WBAN system, the wearable antennas, as a key component in wireless communication between WBAN and external devices, entered people field of vision. There are still many challenges for designing wearable antennas because of the special working environments.…”

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Design of flexible dual‐band antenna and metamaterial structure for wearable body area network

Zheng

Liu

et al. 2022

Int J RF Mic Comp-Aid Eng

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To adapt to the application of wireless body area network (WBAN), a wearable flexible dual-band antenna is developed, which has a compact size of 17 Â 29 Â 0.15 mm 3 and a better bandwidth of 61.2% and 43.1% at 2.4 and 5.8 GHz, respectively. The dual-band characteristic is achieved by slotting technique without changing the contour size. A dual-band metamaterial structure (MS) is designed to improve radiation performance and reduce the specific absorption rate (SAR) of the proposed antenna. To verify the validity of the MS, we build two simulation human models. The forward gain of the antenna is increased and the SAR is significantly decreased when adding the MS between antenna and human skin. The antenna is designed and fabricated on a flexible substrate, and its performance is verified for both flat and curved configurations. To examine its performance as a wearable antenna, it is measured on a human body. The measurements show an excellent agreement with the simulations. Good performances of designed antenna make it potential to application of the miniaturized wearable devices.

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“…The sensors utilized in this device wirelessly monitor the important parameters of patients, firefighters, military personnel, such as ECG, blood pressure, Temperature, pH, sweat, body posture, movements, etc. [3]. Antennas play a vital role in the smart sensor devices for information processing and further communication to external devices.…”

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confidence: 99%

Compact ultra-wideband pattern diversity antenna for body-centric communications

Kanagasabai

Sambandam

Alsath³

2022

Int. J. Microw. Wireless Technol.

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This paper presents a pattern diversity UWB antenna for Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) communications. Pattern diversity antenna comprises two antenna elements with directional and omnidirectional patterns suitable for off-body and on-body communications respectively. Several broad-banding techniques such as Co-Planar waveguide, parasitic patches, and cavity resonant techniques are incorporated in microstrip antenna to achieve an ultra-wideband of 7.5 GHz (3.1 to 10.6 GHz) with a directional pattern. Monopole radiator topology is utilized to achieve a UWB frequency range of 2.6–10.6 GHz with an omnidirectional pattern. Pattern diversity is achieved using an orthogonal arrangement of the antenna elements in a compact size of 40 mm × 34 mm, maintaining the isolation >20 dB between the antennas. Gain varies from 2.2 to 4.6 dBi and 2.5 to 7.5 dBi for omnidirectional and directional antenna respectively. The simulated radiation efficiency for the directional antenna and the omnidirectional antenna are 74–86% and 52–66.5% respectively. The proposed design provides a good diversity performance in the entire UWB bandwidth with ECC<0.1 and a diversity gain of approximately 10 dB. SAR impact evaluated under various conditions is found to be <1.6 W/Kg for 1 gram of tissue.

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Compact monopole antenna for wireless body area network, wireless local area network, and ultrawideband applications

Cited by 8 publications

References 20 publications

Textile Antenna with Dual Bands and SAR Measurements for Wearable Communication

Textile Antenna with Dual Bands and SAR Measurements for Wearable Communication

Design of flexible dual‐band antenna and metamaterial structure for wearable body area network

Compact ultra-wideband pattern diversity antenna for body-centric communications

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