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Design of Wearable Microstrip Patch Antenna Using T-Shaped Slot Antenna Compared with U-Shaped Slot Antenna for Health Monitoring Systems
Abstract
Aim: To Enhance radiation characteristics such as bandwidth, gain and Voltage Standing Wave
Ratio (VSWR) by designing innovative wearable T-shaped and U-shaped slot microstrip patch
antennas using the FEKO tool for health monitoring systems by using FR4 substrate for an
operating frequency ranging from 2.2 to 2.6 GHz. Materials and methods: The microstrip patch
antenna ground plane is made with FR4 material by using FEKO software varying frequency
between 2.2-2.6 GHz. The T-Shaped and U- shaped slot microstrip patch antennas was chosen as a
group having 20 samples each. The bandwidth, gain and VSWR was obtained for T-shape and
U-shape slot antennas. Results: T-shaped slot antennas (P=0.001) have significantly higher
bandwidth, gain and lower VSWR than the U-shaped slot antenna (P=0.031).The obtained significance value is <0.005 and mean values also increased. Conclusion: T-shaped microstrip
patch antenna is designed and simulated using FEKO tool. The T-shape slot antenna has higher
bandwidth, gain (Mean of T-shape 2.7238 and U-shape 1.4626) and VSWR (Mean of T-shape
8.3951 and U-shape 6.7675) when compared to U-shaped slot antenna. So, this antenna is very
suitable for health monitoring systems.
Paper Details
PaperID: 1736
Author's Name: Mannem Meghana and Bhaskarrao Yakkala
Volume: Volume 11
Issues: Volume 11
Keywords: Wearable Antenna Design, Innovative Microstrip Patch Antenna, Bandwidth, Gain, VSWR, FEKO Tool, SPSS Software.
Year: 2021
Month: April
Pages: 1046-1065