Research Article
Compact Microstrip-Based Textile Antenna for 802.15.6 WBAN-UWB with Full Ground Plane
Table 5
Comparison of the proposed antenna with available UWB antennas in literature.
| Ref no. | Antenna topology | Operating frequency (GHz) | Targeted operating UWB band | Notching property | Overall size in (lowest operating frequency) | Ground plane (GP) | Bandwidth enhancement techniques |
| [14] | Microstrip | 3.6–10.3 | FCC | None | | Full GP | Multiresonance, slots and parasitic element | [27] | Printed microstrip | 4–9.5 | FCC | None | | Full GP | Multiresonance, slots and parasitic element | [28] | Three-layered antenna | 3.18–11 | FCC | None | | Full GP | Multi- (three) stacking layers | [29] | Antenna with partial ground plane | 2.7–19.5 | FCC | None | | Partial and slotted GP | Partial and slotted ground plane, slots | [30] | CPW fed—tapered | 3–5.1, 5.35–12 | FCC with single notch | Single notch to reject 5 GHz WLAN band | | NA | Vivadi structure | Proposed antenna | Microstrip | 3.9–4.2, 6.5–9.9 | IEEE WBAN-UWB | Single notch to reject 5 GHz WLAN band | | Full GP | Multiresonance and active coupling |
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