Design of band‐notched ultra wideband antenna for indoor and wearable wireless communications. Issue 3 (1st February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ur‐Rehman, Masood; Abbasi, Qammer Hussain; Akram, Muhammad; Parini, Clive
• Is Part Of: IET microwaves, antennas & propagation. Volume 9:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 243
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2015-02-01
• Subjects: microwave antennas -- ultra wideband antennas -- indoor radio -- wearable antennas -- antenna radiation patterns -- liquid crystal devices -- substrates -- slot antennas; tapered‐slot ultra wideband band‐notched wearable antenna design -- UWB band‐notched wearable antenna design -- indoor wireless communications -- wearable wireless communications -- UWB frequency spectrum -- ultra‐thin liquid crystal polymer substrate -- LCP substrate -- return loss -- radiation pattern -- UWB frequency band -- bending effect mitigation -- on‐body communication link -- pulse fidelity -- hand‐held UWB application -- wearable UWB application -- frequency 7.5 GHz -- frequency 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz -- frequency 5.25 GHz; Microwaves -- Periodicals; Microwave antennas -- Periodicals; Antennas (Electronics) -- Periodicals; Radio wave propagation -- Periodicals; Microwave communication systems -- Periodicals; 621.381305
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2014.0378
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-8725

Abstract

Abstract : Design of a tapered‐slot ultra wideband (UWB) band‐notched wearable antenna is presented in this study. The antenna operation covers the whole UWB frequency spectrum of 7.5 GHz ranging from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz, while rejecting the wireless local area network operation at 5.25 GHz band. The performance of the antenna is analysed through simulations and validated through measurements. The antenna makes use of ultra‐thin liquid crystal polymer (LCP) substrate. The presented return loss and radiation pattern results show that the antenna offers excellent performance in the UWB frequency band in free space. Use of the LCP substrate makes the antenna to efficiently mitigate the bending effects. Moreover, the antenna performs well in on‐body configurations and its working is little affected in adversely hot and humid weather conditions. Furthermore, it offers good on‐body communication link and pulse fidelity. These features make the proposed antenna design a well‐suited choice for hand‐held and wearable UWB applications.