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A Compact Dual-Band Antenna for Wearable e-Health Devices

Authors:
Haider Raad
Casey White
Hussain Al-Rizzo
Ayman Isaac
Ali Hammoodi

Keywords: e-Health; Telemedicine; WBAN; Wearable Antennas; WLAN

Abstract:
In this paper, a flexible, compact, ultra-low profile dual band antenna is presented. The proposed design is suitable for wearable and flexible Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) devices geared for tele-health technology. The antenna has a 50.8 μm thickness and fed by a Coplanar Waveguide (CPW) structure. The proposed design is based on a planar monopole and resonates at 2.45 GHz and 5.2 GHz which makes it suitable for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technologies. Design and analysis of the proposed printed monopole antenna have been carried out using the full wave simulation software CST Microwave Studio, which is based on the Finite Integration Technique (FIT). The proposed design has the merits of compactness, light weight, wide bandwidth, and high efficiency which suggest that the proposed design is a reasonable candidate for integration within wearable and flexible telemedicine systems.

Pages: 82 to 85

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: April 24, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-470-1

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2016 to April 28, 2016