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A wideband rectangular-ring textile antenna integrated with corner-notched artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) plane

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This paper presents the design of a wideband artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) for operation in the Wireless Body Area Network Ultra Wideband (WBAN-UWB) mandatory channel 6. The proposed AMC is incorporated onto a rectangular-ring patch antenna for operation centered at 8 GHz with 2 GHz of bandwidth. The incorporation of the AMC improved the antenna reflection coefficient and impedance bandwidth, besides shielding the radiator against on-body detuning. The prototype is fully fabricated using textiles except for an SMA connector used for feeding. It is observed that the experimental results are in good agreement with the simulations, and bandwidth broadening is successfully achieved and validated.

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This project is supported by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme provided by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) (Grant No: 9003-00527) and MyBrain Scholarship provided to Ms. Nur Farahiyah Mohd Aun and Mr. Herwansyah Lago.

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  1. Advance Communication Engineering Centre (ACE), School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Pauh Putra Campus, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia

    N. F. M. Aun, P. J. Soh, M. F. Jamlos, H. Lago & A. A. Al-Hadi

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pekan, Malaysia

    M. F. Jamlos

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Aun, N.F.M., Soh, P.J., Jamlos, M.F. et al. A wideband rectangular-ring textile antenna integrated with corner-notched artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) plane. Appl. Phys. A 123, 19 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0619-1

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