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3D Printed Miniaturized UWB Antenna for Wireless Body Area Network

E. Lopez, Ernesto ; Garcia Lopez, Aida ; Chandra, Rohit LU and Johansson, Anders J LU orcid (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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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
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  • wos:000361548803076
  • scopus:84908636677
ISSN
2164-3342
DOI
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902481
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EIT_UPD Wireless Communication for Ultra Portable Devices
language
English
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526e1199-4457-48e9-8a17-b245a94e318b (old id 4276757)
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  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 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.}},
  author       = {{E. Lopez, Ernesto and Garcia Lopez, Aida and Chandra, Rohit and Johansson, Anders J}},
  booktitle    = {{2014 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)}},
  issn         = {{2164-3342}},
  keywords     = {{UWB antenna; miniaturized antenna; WBAN; 3D printing}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{3090--3093}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{3D Printed Miniaturized UWB Antenna for Wireless Body Area Network}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902481}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902481}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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