Abstract
This paper presents a new design of patch antenna using Minkowski-Sierpinski fractal technique with substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) to resonate at 60 GHz. The antenna is proposed to be used for wireless body area network applications (WBAN). The proposed antenna is implemented using Rogers 5880 substrate with permittivity of (εr) of 2.2 and loss tangent is 0.0004, height of the substrate is 0.381 mm. Computer simulation technology-Microwave Studio (CST-MW) is used to simulate the proposed antenna. The simulated results show a wide bandwidth of 3.5 GHz between the ranges of (58.3-61.7) GHz, with a good return loss of more than -10 dB. A simulated gain of 7.9 dB is achieved with a linear antenna efficiency of 91%. This proposed antenna is used to improve the quality of radiation pattern, bandwidth, and gain at millimetre wave (mm-Wave) band for WBAN applications.
Highlights
Body-implanted electronics came into existence when the first pacemaker was invented in the 1950s [1]
Rise in interest can be seen in this technology from academics and industries [6,7,8,9]
During the last twenty years [10,11,12], an amount of investigation has been observed in the area of wireless body area network (WBAN)
Summary
Body-implanted electronics came into existence when the first pacemaker was invented in the 1950s [1]. This healthcare innovation exposed the potential and revealed vast opportunities in the field of implantable electronic devices, enabling new ways of diagnostics and treatment. The term “wireless body area network (WBAN)” refers to the networking process that is related to human himself/herself and or human to another human network oneself and to other persons networking [5]. During the last twenty years [10,11,12], an amount of investigation has been observed in the area of WBANs
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