Design of High Gain Wearable Antenna Based on Wireless Body Area Network Communications

Abstract

This paper presents a wearable antenna for Wireless Body Area Network communication. A 3×3 array artificial magnetic conductor structure (AMC) is loaded at the bottom of the antenna to reduce the backward radiation and improve the antenna gain. The simulated results show that the antenna can completely meet the working requirements in the bent state. After the addition of AMC array, the maximum gain reaches 7.53 dB, and the SAR value of human tissue can be reduced by about 94%. In addition, we have also processed and tested the antenna. The measured results are in good agreement with the simulated results, and its working bandwidth includes the low-frequency band of the ISM frequency band for WBAN communication, which can meet the working requirements of the antenna.