Design of Microstrip Patch Antenna on Flexible Substrate for BAN Applications
Trisha, Pramod Kumar1, S K Sriwas2, Mahendra Kumar3

1Trisha, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, BIET, Jhansi (U.P), India.
2Pramod Kumar, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal (Karnataka), India.
3S K Sriwas, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, BIET, Jhansi (U.P), India.
4Mahendra Kumar, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, BIET, Jhansi (U.P), India.

Manuscript received on 18 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 25 June 2019 | Manuscript published on 30 June 2019 | PP: 1657-1662 | Volume-8 Issue-5, June 2019 | Retrieval Number: E7001068519/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: Advancement in the wireless communication technologies, the Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) is the one of the most important networks in the healthcare applications. There are several advantages such as flexibility, efficiency and cost-effeteness of BAN system. In the BAN system sensors are implantable and wearable. In this paper, an overview of the 3-tier architecture of the BAN system explained. The design parameters and mathematical equations are explained to calculate the dimensions of a microstrip rectangular patch antenna on flexible denim substrate. The Gain, Return Loss, Directivity and Efficiency are simulated at two different frequencies and compared their performance.
Keywords: Body Area Network (BAN), Wearable Microstrip Patch Antenna, VSWR, Gain and Directivity.

Scope of the Article: Standards for IoT Applications