Design of Flexible Slot Antenna using different substrate materials for UWB applications
M. Pandimadevi1, R. Tamilselvi2, A. Saba Afroze3, M. Parisa Beham4

1M. Pandimadevi, ECE Department, Sethu Institute of Technology, pulloor, India-626115.
2R. Tamilselvi, ECE Department, Sethu Institute of Technology, pulloor, India-626115.
3A. Saba Afroze, ECE Department, Sethu Institute of Technology, pulloor, India-626115.
4M. Parisa Beham, ECE Department, Sethu Institute of Technology, pulloor, India-626115.
Manuscript received on 02 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 10 June 2019 | Manuscript published on 30 June 2019 | PP: 894-898 | Volume-8 Issue-8, June 2019 | Retrieval Number: G5512058719/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: Utilization of Flexible antennas for the development of wearable devices have been extensively increased due to less weight, high performance, compact design and easy fabrication. The proposed antenna is designed with circular patch with slot using different flexible substrate materials. The various antenna parameters of all the designed structure were checked, correlated and analyzed. Ultra Wide Band (UWB) frequency range of 3.1-10.6 GHz was selected as operating frequency. The results show that proposed antenna with jute material as substrate has shown better results in return loss, VSWR, Gain and Directivity both in flat and on-body bending conditions. Results demonstrate the suitability of these flexible antennas for on-body wireless communications.
Keyword: Flexible, wearable, ultra wide band, Bandwidth, bending.
Scope of the Article: Cross Layer Design and Optimization.