A Wideband Directional Microstrip Slot Antenna for On-Body Applications

Mehdi Hamidkhani; Behdad Arandian

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A Wideband Directional Microstrip Slot Antenna for On-Body Applications

Mehdi Hamidkhani, Behdad Arandian

Published in Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Received: 29 April 2015 Accepted: 13 May 2015 Published: 28 May 2015

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Antennas are one of the main components of every wireless telecommunication system. With wideband antennas for on-body applications, there are some additional features that should be considered including radiation and physical size. In this paper, we presented a wideband omnidirectional slot antenna with a reflector element improvised under the feed line in order to minimize the impact of body on the antenna. Curiously, this reflector element allows for directionality of the antenna. In the following sections of the paper we will show that less power can penetrate body tissues in the presence of reflector elements; thus, wideband directional antennas are influenced less by human body than omindirectional antenna.

Published in	Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.jeee.20150303.15
Page(s)	48-51
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Directivity, On-Body Application, Slot Antenna, Reflector Element, Wideband

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Mehdi Hamidkhani; Behdad Arandian. A Wideband Directional Microstrip Slot Antenna for On-Body Applications. J. Electr. Electron. Eng. 2015, 3(3), 48-51. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.20150303.15

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Mehdi Hamidkhani, Behdad Arandian. A Wideband Directional Microstrip Slot Antenna for On-Body Applications. J Electr Electron Eng. 2015;3(3):48-51. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.20150303.15

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Mehdi Hamidkhani

Department of Electrical Engineering, Dolatabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Behdad Arandian

Department of Electrical Engineering, Dolatabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

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Mehdi Hamidkhani; Behdad Arandian. A Wideband Directional Microstrip Slot Antenna for On-Body Applications. J. Electr. Electron. Eng. 2015, 3(3), 48-51. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.20150303.15

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Mehdi Hamidkhani, Behdad Arandian. A Wideband Directional Microstrip Slot Antenna for On-Body Applications. J Electr Electron Eng. 2015;3(3):48-51. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.20150303.15

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