Design and Optimization of a Slotted Monopole Antenna for Ultra-Wide Band Body Centric Imaging Applications

Research Output

This paper presents a cost-efficient design, optimization and physical implementation of a compact slotted ultra-wideband (UWB) monopole antenna for body-centric imaging applications. The proposed antenna is initially modelled and designed with the aid of commercial software (CST-Microwave Studio). To ensure that the proposed design is meeting the required specifications with reduced design time, the parallel surrogate model-assisted hybrid differential evolution for antenna optimization (PSADEA) is proposed to optimize the design. Based on the best set of geometry parameters for the optimum antenna performance, the antenna prototype is realized on an FR-4 substrate and analyzed in terms of bandwidth, gain, efficiency, and radiation pattern with and without the tissue models. All measured results are found to be in good agreement with the simulated results. The antenna provides a good reflection coefficient (S11

Type:

Article
Date:

03 April 2020
Publication Status:

Published
Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI:

10.1109/JERM.2020.2984910
Funders:

European Commission

http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/output/2649235 Danjuma, I. M., Akinsolu, M. O., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Liu, B. (2020). Design and Optimization of a Slotted Monopole Antenna for Ultra-Wide Band Body Centric Imaging Applications. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, 4(2), 140-147. https://doi.org/10.1109/JERM.2020.2984910

Citation

Danjuma, I. M., Akinsolu, M. O., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Liu, B. (2020). Design and Optimization of a Slotted Monopole Antenna for Ultra-Wide Band Body Centric Imaging Applications. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, 4(2), 140-147. https://doi.org/10.1109/JERM.2020.2984910