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Conformal dual-band textile antenna with metasurface for WBAN application

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This paper presents the design of a dual-band wearable planar slotted dipole integrated with a metasurface. It operates in the 2.45 GHz (lower) and 5.8 GHz (upper) bands and made fully using textiles to suit wireless body area network applications. The metasurface in the form of an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) plane is formed using a rectangular patch incorporated with a diamond-shaped slot to generate dual-phase response. This plane is then integrated with the planar slotted dipole antenna prior to its assessment in free space and bent configurations. Simulations and measurements indicated a good agreement, and the antenna featured an impedance bandwidth of 164 and 592 MHz in the lower and upper band, respectively. The presence of the AMC plane also minimized the backward radiation toward the human body and enhanced realized gains by up to 3.01 and 7.04 dB in the lower and upper band.

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This work is supported by the UOWD Research Grants and the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) (Grant No. 9003-00527).

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  1. Advanced Communication Enginerring Centre (ACE), School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Pauh Putra, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia

    Fatin Nabilah Giman, Ping Jack Soh, Mohd Faizal Jamlos, Herwansyah Lago & Azremi Abdullah Al-Hadi

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pekan, Malaysia

    Mohd Faizal Jamlos

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong in Dubai, Dubai Knowledge Village Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Mohamedfareq Abdulmalek & Nidhal Abdulaziz

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Giman, F.N., Soh, P.J., Jamlos, M.F. et al. Conformal dual-band textile antenna with metasurface for WBAN application. Appl. Phys. A 123, 32 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0626-2

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