Open AccessWearable antenna with tripolarisation diversity for WBAN communications
Author(s) -
Yan S.,
Vandenbosch G.A.E.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2015.4199
Subject(s) - microstrip antenna , body area network , antenna rotator , wearable computer , wireless , antenna (radio) , electrical engineering , patch antenna , antenna measurement , antenna factor , electronic engineering , coaxial antenna , antenna efficiency , computer science , telecommunications , acoustics , engineering , physics , embedded system
A wearable antenna with tripolarisation diversity is designed for wireless body area networks (WBANs). The antenna is fabricated with flexible materials. Three polarisations are realised by combining an inductive loaded circular monopolar patch antenna with a microstrip annular ring antenna. Simulated and measured results show that the antenna has sufficient bandwidth for a WBAN. The port isolation reaches 13.5 dB, and the correlation coefficients show a good diversity performance.