scholarly journals A Wearable Button Antenna Sensor for Dual-Mode Wireless Information and Power Transfer

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (17) ◽  
pp. 5678
Author(s):  
Jiahao Zhang ◽  
Jin Meng ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Sen Yan ◽  
Guy A. E. Vandenbosch

A novel wearable button antenna sensor is proposed for the concept of simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). This integrates two working modes for the transfer of power and information, respectively, and optimizes transfer efficiency. An omni-directional radiation pattern is achieved in the 3.5 GHz World Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) band to support on-body wireless communications, while a circularly polarized broadside radiation pattern is obtained in the 5 GHz wireless local area networks (WLAN) band to harvest power. The measured −10 dB return loss bandwidths are 4.0% (3.47–3.61 GHz) in the lower band, and 25.0% (4.51–5.80 GHz) in the higher band, respectively. An artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) structure with wideband characteristics is applied to obtain a low-profile design and to increase the stability of the antenna sensor. A high radiation efficiency of over 80% in the whole working band is observed. The specific absorption rate (SAR) of the proposed antenna sensor is below 0.509 W/kg at 3.55 GHz, and below 0.0532 W/kg at 5.5 GHz, respectively, which is much lower than the European standard threshold of 2 W/kg. All these characteristics make the designed antenna sensor suitable for on-body information transmission and off-body energy harvesting. The antenna sensor has been prototyped. Simulations and measurements agree well, proving the validity of the new concept.

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
Hemin Ismael Azeez ◽  
Shorsh Kareem Ahmed ◽  
Mohamed Abdullah Husain

A dual band F-shaped printed mono-pole antenna (USB dongle) with two meandered strips is proposed and tested. The two strips that resonating at 2.45 GHz and 5.2 GHz have uniform and fixed width of 0.5 mm. A thin layer of 0.8 mm thickness FR4 substrate (permittivity =4.4, loss tangent=0.0245) which is economically cheap is used for the unit fabrication.  The two resonant modes will best support Bluetooth (BT) and WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) having enough supportive bandwidth which is defined by -10dB reflection coefficient. The proposed unit is low profile, compact and simple to fabricate. The whole unit that has an overall size of (0.8mm x 10 mm x 40 mm) is efficient for having 97% and 94 % total radiation efficiency at both operating frequencies respectively. Through applying different simulation scenarios to the unit such as varying the feeding location and changes in the strips length, it has been revealed that the antennas is sensitive and reactive. The proposed antenna has provided good performance and Omni-directional radiation pattern. Good matching between the simulated and measured reflection coefficient results for the antenna prototype has been achieved.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Woo-Su Kim ◽  
Sunho Choi ◽  
Gye-Taek Jeong

This paper presents a low-profile multiband antenna suitable for wireless local area networks (WLANs), using a chip inductor and tuning stub for broadband impedance matching. The proposed antenna is compact12×10×1 mm3and covers three bands: 2.4-GHz (2.400–2.484 GHz), 5.2-GHz (5.150–5.350 GHz), and 5.8-GHz (5.725–5.825 GHz). The measured 10-dB bandwidths are 12.0% (2.28–2.57 GHz) in the lower band for 2.4-GHz WLANs and 39.1% (4.81–7.15 GHz) in the upper band for 5 GHz-WLANs. The measured peak gain of the antenna is between 2.7 and 4.39 dBi and the radiation patterns are omnidirectional.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung-Yu Li ◽  
Chun-Cheng Lin ◽  
Tsai-Ku Lin ◽  
Chih-Yu Huang

A dual-band folded-coupling planar inverted-F antenna (FC-PIFA) is presented in this paper. By using the folded-coupling technique, the proposed antenna provides two distinct impedance bandwidths of 159 MHz (about 6.5% centered at 2.45 GHz) and 1512 MHz (about 27.5% centered at 5.5 GHz), which cover the required bandwidths for the 2.4/5 GHz wireless local area network (WLAN) communications. Moreover, the antenna shows a low profile of 5 mm and a small length of 20.5 mm in radiating area, making it easy to be installed in the casing of wireless handheld devices and laptops. Details of the design procedures and experimental results are discussed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jinpil Tak ◽  
Do-Gu Kang ◽  
Jaehoon Choi

A stepped cylindrical antenna with a higher-order mode ring patch for wideband conical radiation pattern is proposed. To accomplish a low profile with wideband conical radiation characteristics, a stepped cylindrical monopole and a TM41higher-order mode ring patch with four shorting pins are utilized. The proposed antenna has a monopole-like radiation pattern with a wide 10-dB return loss bandwidth of 11 GHz (2 GHz–13 GHz). It can cover various wireless services, such as wireless broadband (WiBro; 2.3 GHz–2.39 GHz), wireless local area networks (WLAN; 2.4 GHz–2.484 GHz, 5.15 GHz–5.35 GHz, and 5.725 GHz–5.875 GHz), digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB; 2.63 GHz–2.655 GHz), and ultra wideband (UWB; 3.1 GHz–10.6 GHz). The antenna has a height of only 0.12λ0at 2 GHz.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Purnima Sharma ◽  
Akshi Kotecha ◽  
Rama Choudhary ◽  
Partha Pratim Bhattacharya

Background: The Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA) is most widely used for wireless communication applications due to its unique properties as low Specific Absorption Rate, low profile geometry and easy fabrication. In literature a number of multiband PIFA designs are available that support various wireless applications in mobile communication, satellite communication and radio frequency field. Methods: In this paper, a miniature sized planar inverted-F antenna has been proposed for dual-band operation. The antenna consists of an asymmetrical pentagonal shaped patch over an FR4 substrate. The overall antenna dimension is 10 × 10 × 3 mm3 and resonates at 5.7 GHz frequency. A modification is done in the patch structure by introducing an asymmetrical pentagon slot. Results: The proposed pentagonal antenna resonates at 5.7 GHz frequency. Further, modified antenna resonates at two bands. The lower band resonates at 5 GHz and having a bandwidth of 1.5 GHz. This band corresponds to C-band, which is suitable for satellite communication. The upper band is at 7.9 GHz with a bandwidth of 500 MHz. Performance parameters such as return loss, VSWR, input impedance and radiation pattern are obtained and analysed using ANSYS High- Frequency Structure Simulator. The radiation patterns obtained are directional, which are suitable for mobile communication. Conclusion: The antenna is compact in size and suitable for radar, satellite and vehicular communication.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2237
Author(s):  
Oh Heon Kwon ◽  
Won Bin Park ◽  
Juho Yun ◽  
Hong Jun Lim ◽  
Keum Cheol Hwang

In this paper, a low-profile HF (high-frequency) meandered dipole antenna with a ferrite-loaded artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) is proposed. To operate in the HF band while retaining a compact size, ferrite with high permeability is applied to the unit cell of the AMC. The operating frequency bandwidth of the designed unit cell of the AMC is 1.89:1 (19–36 MHz). Thereafter, a meandered dipole antenna is designed by implementing a binary genetic algorithm and is combined with the AMC. The overall size of the designed antenna is 0.06×0.06×0.002 λ3 at the lowest operating frequency. The proposed dipole antenna with a ferrite-loaded AMC is fabricated and measured. The measured VSWR bandwidth (<3) covers 20–30 MHz on the HF band. To confirm the performance of the antenna, a reference monopole antenna which operates on the HF band was selected, and the measured receiving power is compared with the result of the proposed antenna with the AMC.


Author(s):  
Melvin Chamakalayil Jose ◽  
Radha Sankararajan ◽  
Balakrishnapillai Suseela Sreeja ◽  
Mohammed Gulam Nabi Alsath ◽  
Pratap Kumar

Abstract In the proposed research paper, a novel compact, ultra-wideband electronically switchable dual-band omnidirectional to directional radiation pattern microstrip planar printed rectangular monopole antenna (PRMA) has been presented. The proposed antenna system has an optimum size of 0.26 λ0 × 0.28 λ0. A combination of radiators, reflectors, and two symmetrical grounds does place on the same layer of the rectangular microstrip PRMA. The frequency agility and the radiation pattern from omnidirectional to directional are achieved using two SMD PIN diodes (SMP1340-04LF). The directional radiation patterns with 180° phase shifts are achieved at the C-band frequency spectrum. The parametric study of the proposed antenna system was performed for different design parameters, and the antenna characteristics were analyzed. An antenna prototype is fabricated using the printed circuit board etching method by using RMI UV laser etching and cutting tools. The measurements of the proposed antenna are conducted in an anechoic chamber to validate the simulations. There are three states of operations due to two SMD PIN diodes being used in switching circuits. In state-I, the proposed antenna radiates at 6.185 GHz (5.275–6.6 75 GHz) in the Ф = 270° direction with a gain of 2.1 dBi, whereas in state-II, it radiates at 5.715 GHz (5.05–6.8 GHz) in the Ф = 90° direction with a gain of 2.1 dBi. In state-III, the antenna exhibits the X-band frequency with center frequency at 9.93 GHz (8.845–10.49 GHz), and the omnidirectional pattern offers a gain of 4.1 dBi. The features of the proposed antenna are suitable for high-speed wireless sensor network communication in industries such as chemical reactors in oil and gas and pharmaceuticals. It is also well suited for IoT and 5G-sub-6-GHz applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Moshiri ◽  
Najmeh Nozhat

AbstractIn this paper, an optical smart multibeam cross dipole nano-antenna has been proposed by combining the absorption characteristic of graphene and applying different arrangements of directors. By introducing a cross dipole nano-antenna with two V-shaped coupled elements, the maximum directivity of 8.79 dBi has been obtained for unidirectional radiation pattern. Also, by applying various arrangements of circular sectors as director, different types of radiation pattern such as bi- and quad-directional have been attained with directivities of 8.63 and 8.42 dBi, respectively, at the wavelength of 1550 nm. The maximum absorption power of graphene can be tuned by choosing an appropriate chemical potential. Therefore, the radiation beam of the proposed multibeam cross dipole nano-antenna has been controlled dynamically by applying a monolayer graphene. By choosing a suitable chemical potential of graphene for each arm of the suggested cross dipole nano-antenna without the director, the unidirectional radiation pattern shifts ± 13° at the wavelength of 1550 nm. Also, for the multibeam nano-antenna with different arrangements of directors, the bi- and quad-directional radiation patterns have been smartly modified to uni- and bi-directional ones with the directivities of 10.1 and 9.54 dBi, respectively. It is because of the graphene performance as an absorptive or transparent element for different chemical potentials. This feature helps us to create a multipath wireless link with the capability to control the accessibility of each receiver.


Frequenz ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 383-392
Author(s):  
Rajveer S. Yaduvanshi ◽  
Richa Gupta ◽  
Saurabh Katiyar

AbstractSmartdielectric resonator antenna (DRA) having beam control mechanism is anew area to be explored by antenna researchers. Proposed new geometry DRA has low loss, design flexibility, high efficiency, compact size and desired radiated beam control. Developing beam control in new geometry DRAs is investigated for the first time in this letter. Unique technique for beam control and beam width control is proposed using pit top and mount top DRA. Gain is controlled from 5.0 to 9.98 dBi and beam is controlled from ±30° to ±70° in broadside radiation pattern. U shape pit DRA has maximum directive gain of 9.98 dBi and efficiency 98% at 5.8 GHz frequency. Measured and simulated results of radiation pattern and reflection coefficient are found to be in close proximity. Hardware of U shape pit top DRA, mount top DRA, left side arc top DRA, right side arc shape top DRA is developed and investigated. Mobile and cellular communication network need wide coverage, hence large beam width is required. Narrowing of beam width at higher order mode is also achieved.


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