3D Printed Miniaturized UWB Antenna for Wireless Body Area Network
(2014) 8th European Conference on antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 p.3090-3093- Abstract
- A wireless body area network (WBAN) is a network of compact low power devices that are either wearable or implantable. A compact antenna with suitable radiation pattern and polarization is useful for WBAN applications. Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology can be used in WBAN applications that require high data rates. This paper present a small wearable (15x17x17 mm) UWB antenna designed and optimized in a FDTD full wave simulator. The simulated -10 dB impedance bandwidth is from 4.8 GHz to 29.8 GHz in free space. The lower -10 dB cut-off frequency shifts down to 3.5~GHz when placed on the body. The antenna is vertically polarized with respect to the body which makes it a suitable candidate for on-body to on-body UWB WBAN applications. The... (More)
- A wireless body area network (WBAN) is a network of compact low power devices that are either wearable or implantable. A compact antenna with suitable radiation pattern and polarization is useful for WBAN applications. Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology can be used in WBAN applications that require high data rates. This paper present a small wearable (15x17x17 mm) UWB antenna designed and optimized in a FDTD full wave simulator. The simulated -10 dB impedance bandwidth is from 4.8 GHz to 29.8 GHz in free space. The lower -10 dB cut-off frequency shifts down to 3.5~GHz when placed on the body. The antenna is vertically polarized with respect to the body which makes it a suitable candidate for on-body to on-body UWB WBAN applications. The antenna was fabricated by 3D printing technology. The measured lower cut-off frequency for an on-body case was found to be 3.6 GHz and the antenna was well-matched in rest of the UWB band. (Less)
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- author
- E. Lopez, Ernesto ; Garcia Lopez, Aida ; Chandra, Rohit LU and Johansson, Anders J LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- UWB antenna, miniaturized antenna, WBAN, 3D printing
- host publication
- 2014 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
- pages
- 3090 - 3093
- publisher
- IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- conference name
- 8th European Conference on antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014
- conference location
- The Hague, Netherlands
- conference dates
- 2014-04-06 - 2014-04-11
- external identifiers
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- wos:000361548803076
- scopus:84908636677
- ISSN
- 2164-3342
- DOI
- 10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902481
- project
- EIT_UPD Wireless Communication for Ultra Portable Devices
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 526e1199-4457-48e9-8a17-b245a94e318b (old id 4276757)
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- 2016-04-01 13:45:53
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