ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
Mr.K.Gopalakrishnan
Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade)
Department of Electronics and
Communication
Mepco Schlenk Engineering
College,Sivakasi
Email id:kgk1969@mepcoeng.ac.in
S.Afrin Fathima
Department of Electronics and
Communication
Mepco Schlenk Engineering
College,Sivakasi
Email id:afrinfathimaapk@gmail.com
K.S.Matheshwari
Department of Electronics and
Communication
Mepco Schlenk Engineering
College,Sivakasi
Email id:matheshwariks@gmail.com
 DESIGN OF SLOT ANTENNA FOR WEARABLE APPLICATIONS

G SIVASANKAR

STUDENT

D SUJITHA

wearable have been proposed. In [1], the antenna consisting of flexible

ABSTRACT: In this paper, a flexible slot antenna of size
36mm×40mm×3mm with high gain and low SAR is proposed. The
antenna consists of slot which get radiated when driven by a
frequency with microstrip patch feed and defected ground
structure (DFS) for wearable application. Felt which is non-woven
textile material is used as a substrate. The measured impedance
matching Bandwidth is -49.16dB at 5.7GHz which can operate in
ISM 5.8GHz and has omni-directional radiation pattern. It has.
The simulation of the slot antenna is analysed using Ansys HFSS a
high gain of 6.41dB. The SAR value is below the IEEE criteria.
INDEX TERMS: slot antenna, SAR, felt, microstrip patch
I. INTRODUCTION
conductive cloth MKKTN260 is used to fabricate the antenna, with felt as
a substrate and fed by a coplanar waveguide structure and a floating
ground. the realized peak gain is 4.85dBi at 5.8GHz. A PIFA made of
conductive textiles and embroidered pattern has been investigated in [2].
In [3], an indigenous lowcost metamaterial embedded wearable
microstrip patch antenna with polyester substrate for WLAN application
is proposed. It operates at 5.10GHz with a bandwidth and gain of 97
MHz and 4.92dBi. In [4], the wearable antenna for medical application
with directivity and return loss of 5dBi and 22.5dBi is proposed. This
antenna is made to operate for S band applications. The metasurface
acting as a plane for isolation and main radiator is proposed in [5]. The
Front to back ratio is 23dB.Since wearable antennas are used in the
human body the back radiation and SAR should be minimized [6][7]. A
cavity at the back of the antenna may reduce the back radiation but total
height of the antenna is increased [8]. Electromagnetic band-gap(EBG)
and artificial magnetic conductor(AMC) can also be used in SAR
reduction.

Wearable Antennas are essentially any antenna that specifically designed

to function while being worn. The bio-signal monitoring of elderly
people should not affect the regular habits. Hence flexible substrate in
antennas is becoming popular nowadays. These antennas transmit and
receive medical data without discomforting the elderly. These antennas
are helpful in monitoring the patient remotely by attaching them to their
clothes. They can be made into various wearable electronic devices.
Microstrip antennas are useful for on body communications. The benefits
of patch antenna include light weight, compact, flexible and easy to resist
mechanical strain without affecting the antenna performance. A wearable
antenna can be used to communicate between sensors and the human
body. Due to its small size wearable antenna is utilized in various fields
such as military, medical, healthcare and navigation. Various types of
wearable sensors are mounted on or implanted into the human body in
order to access human vital signs information such as body temperature,
blood pressure, and heartbeat. The doctor in the remote location can
easily access the patients in case of emergency. The frequency of
operation of this antenna is at 5.8GHz. At this higher frequency the
interference can be reduced using this frequency. By using textile
material like Felt we can avoid the discomfortness in patients and
supports different positions of the human body. The Defected Structures
ie., slots on the antenna can improve

the gain and bandwidth of the antenna. Microstrip patch antennas can
support microwave frequencies where traditional antennas are not
feasible to be designed. This antenna type has smaller size and hence will
provide small size end devices. They are light in weight. Various types of