Inverted E-Shaped Wearable Textile Antenna for Medical Applications

Adel Y.I. Ashyap; Zuhairiah Zainal Abidin; Samsul Haimi Dahlan; Huda A. Majid; A.M.A. Waddah; Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin; George Adeyinka Oguntala; Raed A. Abd-Alhameed; James M. Noras

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2847280

IEEE Access (Jan 2018)

Inverted E-Shaped Wearable Textile Antenna for Medical Applications

Adel Y.I. Ashyap,
Zuhairiah Zainal Abidin,
Samsul Haimi Dahlan,
Huda A. Majid,
A.M.A. Waddah,
Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin,
George Adeyinka Oguntala,
Raed A. Abd-Alhameed,
James M. Noras

Affiliations

Adel Y.I. Ashyap: Center for Applied Electromagnetic, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Malaysia
Zuhairiah Zainal Abidin: ORCiD; Center for Applied Electromagnetic, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Malaysia
Samsul Haimi Dahlan: Center for Applied Electromagnetic, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Malaysia
Huda A. Majid: Center for Applied Electromagnetic, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Malaysia
A.M.A. Waddah: Center for Applied Electromagnetic, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Malaysia
Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin: ORCiD; Centre for Electronic Warfare, Information and Cyber, Cranfield Defence and Security, Cranfield University, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, U.K.
George Adeyinka Oguntala: ORCiD; Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K.
Raed A. Abd-Alhameed: ORCiD; Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K.
James M. Noras: Faculty of Engineering and Informatics, University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2847280
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6
pp. 35214 – 35222

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A miniaturized textile antenna is designed and demonstrated for ISM band applications at 2.4 GHz. The proposed antenna uses appropriate loading of a rectangular slot/notch with a strip line inserted to form an inverted E-shaped antenna. The structure is simple, compact, and easy to manufacture using only fabric material. The antenna size is 75% smaller than a conventional antenna. When the antenna is subjected to bending, its performance proves sustainable under deformation. Each slot/notch and strip line is translated to its equivalent circuit and then integrated to form the whole equivalent circuit of the proposed antenna. The results from the equivalent circuits and simulation show acceptable agreement. The antenna shows an improvement of size miniaturization of 30×20×0.7 mm3 and demonstrates an impedance bandwidth of 15% and efficiency of 79%, showing that it is a promising candidate for incorporation into wearable systems.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
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