Textile UWB antenna performance for healthcare monitoring system

Parameswari Subbian; Chitra Chinnasamy; Kannadhasan Suriyan

doi:10.1515/freq-2021-0227

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Textile UWB antenna performance for healthcare monitoring system

Parameswari Subbian , Chitra Chinnasamy and Kannadhasan Suriyan

Published/Copyright: March 15, 2022

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From the journal Frequenz Volume 76 Issue 9-10

Abstract

A unique metamaterial-based UWB band notched textile antenna for Body Area Network (BAN) is created in this paper, with an operational frequency range of 3–11 GHz, spanning the Ultra Wide Band (UWB) band (3.1–10.6 GHz). Using the textile material Jeans, which has a permittivity of 1.67, the antenna’s size is lowered. To enhance the impedance bandwidth, the ground plane is made of partially conductive material and is rectangular. The hexagonal slot is used to increase the electric field dispersion along the borders of the hexagonal slot, which improves bandwidth. The gain of the UWB of the antenna maximum is obtained at 7.52 dB and minimum is obtained at 5.25 dB. The VSWR of the UWB of the antenna maximum is obtained at 1.92 and minimum is obtained at 1.45. The fabrication uses a Denim substrate with a thickness of 1 mm and a microstrip feed. The designed antenna is investigated for its return loss and gain characteristics.

Keywords: gain; textile material and health care; UWB; VSWR

Corresponding author: Parameswari Subbian, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kalasalingam Institute of Technology, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu 626126, India, E-mail: parameshkannan1982@gmail.com

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2021-10-04

Accepted: 2022-02-22

Published Online: 2022-03-15

Published in Print: 2022-10-26

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gain; textile material and health care; UWB; VSWR