Performance and Analysis of UWB Aesthetic Pattern Textile Antenna for WBAN Applications

Authors

  • T. Annalakshmi Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai – 600074, Tamil Nadu, India
  • S. Ramesh Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering SRM Valliammai Engineering College, Kattankulathur, Chennai - 603203, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

Aesthetic pattern, laser-cut fabrication, partial ground, thick substrate, UWB, WBAN

Abstract

This article proposes a new aesthetic patternthree petal flower patch antenna that operates at Ultra Wide Band (UWB) for Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) applications. The flower structure consists of three petals and a center circle patch with the partial ground plane at the bottom. A double-sided coppercoated conductive fabric, which is 0.08 mm thick, having a surface resistivity of 0.05 Ω/square, serves as the antenna patch and ground material. This conductive patch is placed in a denim jeans material with 1mm thick that forms the substrate. The utilization of a two-layer substrate and partial ground method enhances the impedance bandwidth of the antenna. The size of the antenna is 60 mm × 60 mm × 2.16 mm. The reflection coefficient, gain, efficiency, radiation pattern, and effects of bending were the various parameters analyzed for the flower antenna. The antenna radiates from 3 to 12 GHz, which covers the entire UWB frequency range from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz assigned by Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The measurement results validate the performance of a flower patch antenna.

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Author Biographies

T. Annalakshmi, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai – 600074, Tamil Nadu, India

T. Annalakshmi received her B. Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Pondicherry University in the year of 2002, M.E. in Communication Systems from Anna University in the year of 2011, and currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Valliammai Engineering College, Chennai. Her research interest includes Antennas & Propagation and Wireless Communications. She is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai with 13 years of experience. She is life time member in ISTE and ISRD.

S. Ramesh, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering SRM Valliammai Engineering College, Kattankulathur, Chennai - 603203, Tamil Nadu, India

S. Ramesh received his B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Madras, M.Tech. in Communication Engineering from VIT University, Vellore and received his Ph.D. degree on from SRM University, Chennai, in 2001, 2004 & 2015 respectively. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Valliammai Engineering College, Chennai with experience of 16 years. He is a senior member (S’10-M’17-SM’18) of IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society, Life member in IETE, ISTE, SEMCE, BES. He authored papers in reputed journals and international/national conferences. His area of interest includes Antennas & Propagation and Wireless Communications. He is guiding research scholars in the field of antennas & RF Filter under Anna University, Chennai. He is associated with IEEE AP-S Madras chapter as a member in executive committee during 2018-2019 and IEEE MTT-S Madras Chapter for the year 2017.

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2020-12-05

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T. Annalakshmi and S. Ramesh, “Performance and Analysis of UWB Aesthetic Pattern Textile Antenna for WBAN Applications”, ACES Journal, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 1525–1531, Dec. 2020.

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