A dual-band on-body printed monopole antenna for body area network

A body area networks (BAN) can provide a wide range of applications in primary for medical health care such as telemetering vital sign, tele controlling medical equipment. This paper presents an innovative dual band implantable printed monopole antenna proposed for Body Area Network(BAN) that covers the bands as MICS(402-405MHz) and ISM(2.4-2.48GHz). A non-shorted monopole omega structure is acquired to reserve the possibility of application in body channel communication (BCC). The dimensions of the antenna is firstly optimized on the omega-shaped patch (radiating elements) using the multi-path. The longer length (arm) of the patch is considered for MICS band and lower length (arm) of omega structure for ISM bands. The optimization is done by using the two stub-lines on the ground plane to obtain the wide bandwidth and impedance matching. The proposed antenna is designed on a multilayer tissue model and the bandwidths are 39.8 % and 14.1 % at MICS and ISM Bands respectively. The footprint of the proposed antenna is only 0.18λ0 × 0.18λ0 × 0.04λ0. The obtained antenna performance states that the proposed design is suitable for BAN applications.