Research Article
Compact Microstrip-Based Textile Antenna for 802.15.6 WBAN-UWB with Full Ground Plane
Table 3
Comparison of radiation patterns parameters in both FS and OB.
| Band | Centre frequency (GHz) | Plane | Main lobe magnitude (dBi) | Half-power beamwidth (HPBW) | Side lobe level (dB) | FS | OB | FS | OB | FS | OB |
| Low band | 4 | | 7.5 | 8.9 | 71.8° | 62.3° | -8.7 | -13.9 | | 7.4 | 7.6 | 66.7° | 64.9° | -11.5 | 13.6 |
| High band | 7 | | 0.4 | 3.9 | 38.4° | 43.7° | -1.0 | -9.7 | | 4.8 | 0.8 | 47.8° | 38.3° | -9.0 | -9.7 | 7.5 | | -0.3 | -4.1 | 35.1° | 32.9° | -2.3 | -8.8 | | 3.4 | 4.8 | 53.6° | 49.6° | — | -20.7 | 8 | | 3.6 | 3.5 | 34.5° | 29.9° | -7.1 | -11.3 | | 2.0 | 2.9 | 56.7° | 63.2° | -8.5 | -16.2 | 8.5 | | 5.9 | 5.7 | 36.1° | 28.9° | -1.9 | -1.9 | | 4.3 | 2.9 | 60.1° | 56° | -3.4 | -13.3 | 9 | | 3.8 | 4.7 | 46.7° | 40.9° | -1.9 | -4.6 | | 6.7 | 6.7 | 47.5° | 39.9° | -6.6 | -13.7 |
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