Compact and low-profile textile EBG-based antenna for wearable medical applications

• Main Authors: Ashyap, Adel Y. I., Zainal Abidin, Zuhairiah, Dahlan, Samsul Haimi, A. Majid, Huda, Mohd Shah, Shaharil, Kamarudin, Muhammad Ramlee, Alomainy, Akram
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2017
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering; TK5101-6720 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5186/1/AJ%202017%20%28315%29%20Compact%20and%20low-pro%EF%AC%81le%20textile%20EBG-based.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5186/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2017.2732355

A compact wearable antenna with a novel miniatur-ized electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure at 2.4 GHz for med-ical application is presented in this letter. The design demonstrates a robust, compact, and low-profile solution to meet the require-ments of wearable applications. The EBG structure redu...