Design of 2.4 GHz-Band Meander Planar Inverted F Antenna for Bionic Hand Using DOE Method

This paper presents a PIFA (Planar Inverted F Antenna) analysis with a meander design mounted on bionic hand using conformal technique at a frequency of 2.4 GHz. In the process of obtaining the best design of antenna, the DOE (Design of Experiment) method was used. The DOE method allows the designer to obtain the significant factors on the design parameters that affect the response value. The response values are S11, resonant frequency and bandwidth. By using DOE method, it only required 3 tuning processes to obtain the best antenna design with the addition of bionic hand material. The experiment obtained the best simulation result of antenna with the addition of bionic hand that resonates at a frequency of 2.441 GHz with value of S11 of -21.1 dB, a bandwidth of 43.2 MHz and a gain of -6.4 dBi.