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Published in: Wireless Personal Communications 3/2023

27-01-2024 | Research

Wearable Beam Steering Branch Line Coupler Fed Array Antenna for WBAN Applications

Authors: Ankur Utsav, Ritesh Kumar Badhai

Published in: Wireless Personal Communications | Issue 3/2023

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Abstract

This paper, introduce a wireless body area network antenna array with beam steering that is fed by a branch line coupler (BLC). The proposed BLC feeding network and the antenna are fabricated on wearable jeans substrate, and the proposed antenna operates at the ISM-I (2.45 GHz) band. The Branch line coupler fed array antenna (BLCAA) allows for 25° of beam steering with a half-power beam width of 25° and 35° in the presence of free space and the human body, respectively. The proposed antenna’s specific absorption rate was found to be 0.21 W/Kg, which complies with IEEE regulations. To assess the effect of bending on the antenna's performance, simulations and tests were conducted, revealing that the antenna’s characteristics were minimally affected by bending. The BLCAA exhibits good impedance matching with high peak gain and a good radiation pattern. The simulated results are experimentally validated and found good approximation.
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Metadata
Title
Wearable Beam Steering Branch Line Coupler Fed Array Antenna for WBAN Applications
Authors
Ankur Utsav
Ritesh Kumar Badhai
Publication date
27-01-2024
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Wireless Personal Communications / Issue 3/2023
Print ISSN: 0929-6212
Electronic ISSN: 1572-834X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-023-10851-0

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