Open AccessMeta‐surface enabled hepta‐band compact antenna for wearable applications
Author(s) -
Alam Maksud,
Siddique Mainuddin,
Kanaujia Binod K.,
Beg Mirza T.,
Kumar Sachin,
Rambabu Karumudi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iet microwaves, antennas and propagation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.555
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1751-8733
pISSN - 1751-8725
DOI - 10.1049/iet-map.2018.6212
Subject(s) - ground plane , antenna (radio) , patch antenna , phase (matter) , multi band device , gsm , square (algebra) , substrate (aquarium) , frequency band , acoustics , radiation pattern , physics , optoelectronics , electrical engineering , materials science , optics , computer science , telecommunications , engineering , geometry , mathematics , geology , oceanography , quantum mechanics
This study proposes a new hepta‐band antenna that consists of an inductive ground plane and slots loaded patch for the multiband body‐worn scenario. The phase distribution is optimised by considering a 7 × 7 array of periodic square patches on the metallic ground‐backed substrate in such a way that resonant modes of patch slots interact with the resonant modes of meta‐resonators of inductive ground to achieve hepta‐band behaviour with desired radiation characteristics. Each unit cell corresponds to a phase shift of 3.6° out of available phase distribution of 180°. The seven bands are targeted at 1.8, 2.45, 2.96, 3.5, 3.8, 4.2, and 4.5 GHz which supports GSM (1.8 GHz), WLAN (2.4 GHz), LTE (2.5 GHz), Wi‐MAX (3.5 GHz), sub‐6 GHz 5G band (3.4‐4.2 GHz), navigation (2.96 GHz), and satellite (4.5 GHz) applications. It is also demonstrated that an inductive ground plane can be used to get reduced SAR and increased FBR, making antenna useful for wearable applications. The proposed antenna has a patch size of 28.84 × 28.84 mm upon a 0.4 mm thick substrate of permittivity 4.3. Inductive ground is made of via‐free periodic square patches each of size 5 × 5 mm on the 2.6 mm thick metallic ground‐backed substrate.