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Wearable Ultra Wide Dual Band Flexible Textile Antenna for WiMax/WLAN Application

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In this paper, a novel compact dual-band textile printed slot antenna with partial ground plane is proposed. The substrate of the designed antenna is prepared from jeans fabric material while the patch and ground plane are made from copper tape. The proposed antenna offers an experimentally measured impedance bandwidth of 46 %, i.e. from 3.01 to 5.30 GHz and 41 %, i.e. from 8.12 to 12.35 GHz. The antenna is further characterized by a peak gain of about 5.7 dB and a comparatively stable radiation pattern in the useful band. The antenna is compact in size and useful for WiMax (3.25–3.85 GHz), WLAN (5.15–5.35 GHz) and X-band (8–12 GHz) applications. Also, a comparison of simulated results is discussed with the measured results of the fabricated prototype.

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava, Assistant Professor, I.I.T. Kanpur, India for the assistance in the antenna measurements at I.I.T. Kanpur Microwave Lab.

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    Vinod Kumar Singh

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, S. R. Group of Institutions, Jhansi, India

    Seema Dhupkariya & Naresh Bangari

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Singh, V.K., Dhupkariya, S. & Bangari, N. Wearable Ultra Wide Dual Band Flexible Textile Antenna for WiMax/WLAN Application. Wireless Pers Commun 95, 1075–1086 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-016-3814-7

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