Design and Analysis of a Compact Band Notch UWB Antenna for Body Area Network
- 1 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering & Physical Science, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka
- 2 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, School of Engineering & Physical Science, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka
Abstract
This paper presents the design of a small printed ultra wideband antenna with Band Notched characteristics. Both the free space and on-body performances of this antenna were investigated through simulation. The newly designed UWB antenna is more revised small form factor sized, with the ability to avoid interference caused by WLAN (5.15 - 5.825 GHz) and WiMAX (5.25 - 5.85 GHz) systems with a band notch. The return loss response, gain, radiation pattern on free space of the antenna were investigated. After that, the on-body performances were tested on 3-layer human body model with radiation pattern, gain, return loss, and efficiency at 3.5, 5.7, 8, 10 GHz and all the results were compared with free space results. As the on-body performance was very good, the proposed antenna will be suitable to be used for multi-purpose medical applications and sports performance monitoring.
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