Dual-band patch antenna with monopole-like radiation patterns for BAN communications

This paper presents the design of a novel dual-band patch antenna to be used for human BAN communications applications. The antenna has been designed to provide similar monopole-like radiation properties at 950MHz/2.45GHz ISM bands commonly used in BAN wireless communication technologies. The proposed antenna consists of two short circuited ring patch elements integrated on the FR4 substrate. Numerical simulation results of antenna performance in free space and on the surface of a human body together with the antenna-on-body measurements data have being presented and analyzed.