Antennas

Types of Antennas
• Directional
• semi-directional
• omni-directional.
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Antennas used in BAN
• Antenna-PCB antenna
• Wire antenna
• Ceramic antenna
• External antenna
PCB antennas
• PCB antennas move charge in certain shapes which gives rise to
propagation
• Common PCB antennas include monopole, dipole, patch, and loop
designs.
key advantages of a PCB monopole antenna
• compact size
• small and lightweight
• easy to integrate into a PCB
• High Reliability
• Good performance
Wire antenna
• A wire Antenna is a type of radio antenna that includes a long wire
suspended over the ground.
• The wire in the antenna picks up the signals & radiates them further.
• In this antenna, the wire antenna length has no relation to its
wavelength
Wire Antenna Types

• Short Dipole Antenna

• Dipole Antenna
• Loop Antenna
• Half-Wave Dipole Antenna
• Folded Dipole Antenna
• Monopole Antenna
• Helical Antenna
• Broadband Dipoles
• Cloverleaf Antenna
Antenna Types
Advantages of wire antenna
• The advantages of wire antenna include the following.
• The construction of this antenna is simple
• These antennas provide satisfactory gain & directivity.
• These antennas have sharp directional patterns.
• These are not expensive.
• At low vertical angles, it simply focuses on radiation
• They radiate on any range of frequency for which their overall length
is not below λ/2
Ceramic antennas
• Ceramic Chip antennas emit and receive electromagnetic waves just
like a standard antenna, except they are much smaller in size.
• Ceramic anten- nas enable flexibility in design, overall cost savings in
the final product
• have fewer problems with interference, and provide improved
performance over trace antennas.
External Antenna
• External antennas provide better range, sensitivity, and directional
behavior due to their larger size.
• This increased size also allows for higher gain, which improves signal
recepti
• Enhanced Signal Strength - Better Connection on and transmission.