Inter national J our nal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) V ol. 9, No. 3, June 2019, pp. 1902 1909 ISSN: 2088-8708, DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v9i3.pp1902-1909 r 1902 Single feed cir cularly polarized cr escent-cut and extended cor ner squar e micr ostrip antennas f or wir eless biotelemetry Mehdi Hasan Cho wdhury 1 , Quazi Delwar Hossain 2 , Md. Azad Hossain 3 , Ray Chak Chung Cheung 4 1,4 Department of Electronic Engineering, City Uni v ersity of Hong K ong, Hong K ong SAR 2 Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Chittagong Uni v ersity of Engineering & T echnology , Bangladesh 3 Department of Electronics & T elecommunication Engineering, Chittagong Uni v ersity of Engineering & T echnology , Bangladesh Article Inf o Article history: Recei v ed May 9, 2018 Re vised Oct 22, 2018 Accepted Dec 3, 2018 K eyw ords: Circular polarization Microstrip antenna Single-feed ISM band W ireless biotelemetry ABSTRA CT In this paper , the de v elopment of tw o no v el circularly polarized microstrip antennas is thoroughly e xplained. These antennas are fed by coaxial fe eding technique. One of the primary objecti v es of the proposed w ork is to tune the antennas to w ork in ISM band. This frequenc y band refers to the internationally recognized radio frequenc y band- width which is to be used e xplicitly for Industrial, Scientific, and Medical applications. Therefore, these antennas w ould be suitable to use in the field of wireless biotelemetry . T w o ne w antenna design techni ques ha v e been introduced to produce circular polar - ization, and details of these schemes are described. The proposed microstrip antennas are designed and simulated on Adv anced Design System (ADS) softw are. The return loss of the proposed crescent-cut antenna is -19.3 dB at the operating frequenc y . The e xtended corner antenna has the return loss of -29.3 dB at the tuned frequenc y . The simulation results are also presented and discussed. Copyright c 2019 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science . All rights r eserved. Corresponding A uthor: Mehdi Hasan Cho wdhury , Department of Electronic Engineering, City Uni v ersity of Hong K ong, K o wloon, Hong K ong SAR. Email: mhcho wdhury .eee@gmail.com 1. INTR ODUCTION T elemetry means accumulating data from a remote location and t hen forw arding the information to a suitable place to be e xamined and documented. W ireless biotelemetry is the distinguished field of biomedical instrumentation that enables transmission and reception of bio-signals from an incon v enient location to a con v e- nient remote monitoring site without using wires [1]. Meticulous research acti vities in the field of biotelemetry ha v e been carried out in recent years due to its significant impact on patient monitoring in dis tant non-clinical en vironments, such as old communities, post-sur gery patients at homes, milit ary bases, etc. [2]. Observing a patient at home for an e xtended duration can help a ph ysician to follo w disease progression. Thus, the earlier treatment can sa v e man y li v es, and it will be only achie v able if detection of a disease can be done timely . Ho we v er , telecommunication frequenc y bands are re gulated by the Federal Communications Com- mission (FCC) and similar agencies [3]. Frequenc y band 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz is dedicated for the ISM band (industrial, scientific and medical radio band)[4], which belongs to the internationally reserv ed radio spectrum for the scientific, medical and industrial applications [5]. This f requenc y bandwidth can be used in numerous applications, including the W ireless Biotelemetry , without a license in most countries [6]. The size, weight, cost, and performance of the antennas in the field of wireless biotelemet ry are constraints and to meet these requirements, microstrip antennas can be used as the y of fer simple s tructure, lo w- cost small size, and high polarization [7]. A microstrip antenna is manuf actured using microstrip techniques J ournal homepage: http://iaescor e .com/journals/inde x.php/IJECE Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
IJECE ISSN: 2088-8708 r 1903 on a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and frequently used in micro w a v e frequenc y communication. Figure 1. Basic Structure of a microstrip patch antenna [8] If we consider a simple microstrip antenna, as sho wn in the Figure 1, it consists of a pair of parall el conducting layers separated by a dielectric substr ate. The upper conducting layer (also kno wn as the ‘P atch’) is the source of radiation, and the lo wer layer is the ground plane. T ypically microstrip patch antennas are rectangular or circular , b ut it is possible to mak e them in an y reasonable geometrical shape. Polarization is one of the most vital f actors in w a v e propag ation between the transmitting and recei v er antennas. The polarization of an antenna in a particular direction defines as ‘the polarization of the w a v e transmitted by the antenna’. There are three types of polarization: linear polarization, elliptic al polarization, and circular polarization [9]. An antenna is linearly polarized if the field v ector (electric or magnetic) for the transmitted w a v e of the antenna only has one component or tw o orthogonal linear component that are in time phase or 180 (or multiples of 180 ) out of phase. (a) Linear Polarization (b) Elliptical Polarization (c) Circular Polarization Figure 2. Dif ferent polarization of antenna [10] An antenna radiates elliptically polarized w a v e when the field v ector (electric or magnetic) for t h e transmitted w a v e of the antenna has tw o unequal orthogonal linear components and the phase dif ference be- tween them is odd multiples of 90 . When the field v ector (electric or magnetic) for the transmitted w a v e of the antenna has tw o orthogonal linear components with the same magnitude and the phase dif ference between them is odd multiples of 90 , then antenna has the circular polarization (CP). Figure 2 sho ws ho w dif ferent polarized w a v e propag ates. CP of fers multiple benefits o v er linear polariz ation [10]. If linearly polarized antennas are used, both the recei ving and transmitting antenna must be al igned to a v oid polarization mismatch. F or circular polarization, this is not essential. Additionall y , CP antennas are immune to F araday rotation, and the y can mitig ate multipath f ading. Therefore, CP antennas of fer the benefit of high data rate communication, as it decreases interference between direct and reflected signal. 2. ST A TE OF THE AR T Single probe-fed circularly polarized microstrip antennas are highly helpful in situations where it is dif ficult to implement dual-orthogonal feeds. Man y designs of circularly polarized single-feed microstrip antennas with s quare or circular patches are kno wn. Usually , a microstrip patch with a single-point feed emits linear polarization. If circular polarization is needed, it wil l be required for tw o orthogonal patch modes with the same amplitude and with 90 phase dif ference to be induced. Single feed cir cularly polarized cr escent-cut and e xtended... (Mehdi Hasan Chowdhury) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
1904 r ISSN: 2088-8708 (a) Single probe-fed circularly polarized truncated corner microstrip antenna [11] (b) Single probe-fed circularly polarized U-slot patch antenna [12] (c) Single probe-fed circularly polarized truncated corner microstrip antenna with U-slot [11] Figure 3. Some common configuration of single probe-fed circularly polarized rectangular microstrip antenna This technique can be implemented by slightly perturbing a microstrip antenna patch at proper places. Con v entionally this is done by truncating the corners of a rectangular microstrip patch (Figure 3a) [11] or introducing slots inside the radiating patch (Figure 3b) [12]. (a) Single probe-fed circularly polarized circular microstrip antenna with a cross-slot of unequal arm lengths [13] (b) Single probe-fed circularly polarized triangular microstrip antennas with a horizontal narro w slot [14] Figure 4. Some common configuration of single probe-fed circularly polarized circular and triangular microstrip antenna Sometimes these tw o techniques are combined to assure better performance (Figure 3c) [11]. Ho w- e v er , It is also possible to design circular (Figure 4a) [13], t riangular (Figure 4b) [14] or an y geometrical shape [8] circularly polarized microstrip antenna if needed. 3. ANTENN A DESIGN AND SIMULA TION RESUL TS A microstrip patch with a single-point feed usually radiates linear polarization. If circular polari zation is needed, it will be required for tw o orthogonal patch modes with the same amplitude and with 90 phase dif ference to be induced. This can be accomplished by slightly perturbing a patch at appropriate locations with respect to the feed [15]. Con v entionally this is done by truncating triangular portions across the diagonal of the patch (as sho wn in Figure 5a). As pre viously stated, tw o no v el single feed circularly polarized (CP) microstrip antennas are de v el- oped for this research. The first technique that is used to design a unique circular polarized microstrip antenna is done by truncating circular sectors across the diagonal of a square antenna patch (as illustrated in Figure 5b). The second t echnique that is used to fulfill the purpose of designing unique circular polarized microstrip antenna is done by e xtending circular sectors across the diagonal of a square antenna patch (as presented in Figure 5c). IJECE, V ol. 9, No. 3, June 2019 : 1902 – 1909 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
IJECE ISSN: 2088-8708 r 1905 (a) Con v entional triangular truncation technique (b) Ne w circular sector truncation technique (c) Ne w circular sector e xtension technique Figure 5. Con v entional and no v el techniques to achie v e circular polarization with single-point feed Adv anced Design System (ADS) is considered as one of the leading electr on i c design autom ation (ED A) softw are for RF , micro w a v e and high-speed digital applications. This softw are package is distrib uted by K e ysight T echnologies (formerly Agilent’ s Electronic Measurem ent). ADS presents an inte grated design en vi- ronment to engineers who need to de v elop RF electronic products such as microstrip antennas, radar systems, etc. Adv anced Design System (ADS) is e xclusi v ely used i n this research to design and simulate the microstrip antennas. At first, a Linearly Polarized 2.45 GHz square microstrip antenna is simulated. The resultant param- eters of this antenna are used to compare and e xplain the ne wly de v eloped Circular Polarized antennas. Some considered v alues of design parameters which are k ept constant for designing all the antennas are presented in the T able 1. T able 1. Considered design parameters of the proposed antennas Design P arameters V alues Dielectric Material T eflon Dielectric Constant 2.0 T an 0.000194 Thickness of Substrate 0.8 mm Thickness of Conductor (Copper) 0.018 mm Port Impedance 50 Figure 6 sho ws the t o p vie w and side vie w of a 2.45 GHz square microstrip antenna with linear polarization. This antenna is fed by a direct feed microstrip transmission line. The dimensions are also mark ed in the Figure 6. Figure 6. The 2.45 GHz square Microstrip antenna with linear polarization The return loss, S(1,1) simulation result of this antenna is sho wn in Figure 7a. This result indicat es that the return loss is lo west ( -40.6 dB) at near of the operating frequenc y of 2.449 2.45 GHz. Figure 7b Single feed cir cularly polarized cr escent-cut and e xtended... (Mehdi Hasan Chowdhury) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
1906 r ISSN: 2088-8708 illustrates the Return loss, S(1,1) on Sm ith Chart. This graph re v eals that the antenna is linearly polarized as there is no visible cusp (sharp f all and immediate rise) on the curv e. (a) Return loss, S(1,1) of the linear polarized square microstrip antenna (b) Return loss, S(1,1) of the linear polarized square microstrip antenna on Smith Chart Figure 7. S(1,1) parameter of the linear polarized square microstrip antenna T o achie v e circular polarization with a single feed the square antenna patch of Figure 6 is modified by slightly perturbing it at suitable locations. Figure 8 sho ws the top vie w and side vie w of the ne wly designed Crescent-Cut (i.e., circular sector truncated) square microstrip antenna with circular polarization. This antenna is fed by coaxial feeding technique. The dimensions are also mark ed in the Figure 8. Figure 8. The crescent-cut microstrip antenna with circular polarization The return loss, S(1,1) simulation result of this antenna is sho wn in Figure 9a. This result indicates that the return loss is lo west ( -19.3 dB) at near of the operating frequenc y of 2.422 2.42 GHz. T o achie v e circular polarization this singly fed microstrip antenna w orks on the principle of detuning de generate modes of the symmetrical square patch by perturbation of diagonal se gments. Thus, the field of a single-point fed patch can be resolv ed into tw o orthogonal de generate modes. Proper perturbation se gments will detune the frequenc y response of an y one mode such that, at the operating frequenc y , it is the equal amplitude and 90 phase dif ference with respect to the other mode. Hence, the tw o modes satisfy the es sential conditions for CP radiation. The detail technical description of this operation is gi v en in [8]. Figure 9b illustrates the Return loss , S(1,1) on Smith Chart. This graph re v eals that the antenna is circularly polarized as there is a cusp (sharp f all and immediate rise) near of the operating frequenc y on the curv e. Note the dif ference between the curv es of Figure 7b (Linear Polarization) and Figure 9b (Circular Polarization). The sudden dip in the curv e of Figure 9b indicates that tw o orthogonal de generate modes ha v e formed, and the y are resonating in the aforementioned operating frequenc y . Hence, it confirms the CP radiation of the antenna. IJECE, V ol. 9, No. 3, June 2019 : 1902 – 1909 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
IJECE ISSN: 2088-8708 r 1907 Ne xt, the design of the circularly polarized e xtended corner square microstrip antenna will be di s- cussed. Here, circular polarization is also obtained by a small perturbation of the square antenna patch of Figure 6. Figure 10 sho ws the top vie w and side vie w of the circular sector e xtended square microstrip antenna with CP . This antenna is fed by coaxial feeding technique. The dimensions are also mark ed in the Figure 10. (a) Return loss, S(1,1) of the circular sector truncated square microstrip antenna with circular polarization (b) Return loss, S(1,1) of the circular sector truncated square microstrip antenna with circular polarization on Smith Chart Figure 9. S(1,1) parameter of the Crescent-Cut circularly polarized antenna Figure 10. The e xtended corner microstrip antenna with circular polarization The return loss, S(1,1) simulation result of this antenna is sho wn in Figure 11a. This result indic ates that the return loss is lo west ( -29.3 dB) at near of the operating frequenc y of 2.429 2.43 GHz. T o achie v e circular polarization this singly fed microstrip antenna w orks on the principle of detuning de generate modes of the symmetrical square patch by perturbation of diagonal se gments. Thus, the field of a single-point fed patch can be resolv ed into tw o orthogonal de generate modes. Proper perturbation se gments will detune the frequenc y response of an y one mode such that, at the operating frequenc y , it is the equal amplitude and 90 phase dif ference with respect to the other mode. Hence, the tw o modes satisfy the essential conditions for CP radiation. The detail technical description of this operation can be found in [8]. Figure 11b illustrates the Return loss, S(1,1) on Smith Chart. This graph re v eals that the antenna is circularly polarized as there is a cusp (sharp f all and immediate rise) near of the operating frequenc y on the curv e. Note the dif ference betwe en the curv es of Figure 7b (Linear Polarization) and Figure 11b (Circular Polarization). The sudden dip in the curv e of Figure 11b indicates that tw o orthogonal de generate modes Single feed cir cularly polarized cr escent-cut and e xtended... (Mehdi Hasan Chowdhury) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
1908 r ISSN: 2088-8708 ha v e formed, and the y are resonating in the aforementioned operating frequenc y . Therefore, it v erifies the CP radiation of the e xtended corner antenna. (a) Return loss, S(1,1) of the circular sector e xtended square microstrip antenna with circular polarization (b) Return loss, S(1,1) of the circular sector e xtended square microstrip antenna with circular polarization on Smith Chart Figure 11. S(1,1) parameter of the e xtended corner circularly polarized antenna 4. CONCLUSION T w o ne w single feed circularly polarized microstrip antennas at ISM frequenc y band ha v e been intro- duced in this paper . Both of the proposed antennas ha v e high g ain. At operating frequenc y , the e xtended corner antenna has a g ain of 5.226 dBi, and the g ain of the crescent-cut antenna is 5.293 dBi. These antennas ha v e been designed and optimized by using Adv anced Design System (ADS). In future, these tw o antenna concepts can be combined to obtain superior performance. Also, unsymmetrical slots inside the radiating patches may be introduced. As these antennas are tuned at ISM band, the y are suitable for wireless biotelemetry applications. REFERENCES [1] N. F . G ¨ uler and E. D. ¨ Ube yli, “Theory and applications of biotelemetry , ” J ournal of Medical Systems , v ol. 26, no. 2, pp. 159–178, 2002. [2] H. R. Khaleel, H. M. Al-Rizzo, D. G. Ruck er , and T . A. El wi, “W earable yagi microstrip antenna for telemedicine applications, ” in Radio and W ir eless Symposium (R WS), 2010 IEEE . IEEE, 2010, pp. 280–283. [3] C. H. Doan and D. G. Bach, “Design and f abrication of rectifying antenna circuit for wireless po wer transmission system operating at ism band, ” International J ournal of Electrical and Computer Engineer - ing (IJECE) , v ol. 6, no. 4, p. 1522, 2016. [4] I. Zahraoui, A. Errkik, M. Abounaima, A. T ajmouati, L. Abdellaoui, and M. Latrach, “ A ne w planar multi- band antenna for gps, ism and wimax applications, ” International J ournal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) , v ol. 7, no. 4, pp. 2018–2026, 2017. [5] Spectrum Management Committee, “National Frequenc y Allocation Plan (NF AP), ” 2010. [6] C. L. Jackson, “The genesis of unlicensed wireless polic y , ” info , v ol. 11, no. 5, 2009. [7] S. Samal, S. Dw ari, A. Dutta, and S. P . Reddy , “ A microstrip patch antenna for biomedical applications at 2.45 ghz, ” in Computer s and De vices for Communication (CODEC), 2012 5th International Confer ence on . IEEE, 2012, pp. 1–4. [8] K.-L. W ong, Compact and br oadband micr ostrip antennas . John W ile y & Sons, 2004. [9] H. J. V isser , Arr ay and phased arr ay antenna basics . John W ile y & Sons, 2006. [10] C. A. Ballanis, Antenna theory analysis and design . John W ile y & Sons, 1997. [11] S. S. Y ang, K.-F . Lee, A. A. Kishk, and K.-M. Luk, “Design and study of wideband single feed circularly polarized microstrip antennas, ” Pr o gr ess In Electr oma gnetics Resear c h , v ol. 80, pp. 45–61, 2008. [12] K.-F . T ong and T .-P . W ong, “Circularly polarized u-slot ant enna, ” IEEE T r ansactions on antennas and pr opa gation , v ol. 55, no. 8, pp. 2382–2385, 2007. [13] H. Iw asaki, “ A circularly polarized small-size microstrip antenna with a cross slot, ” IEEE tr ansactions on antennas and pr opa gation , v ol. 44, no. 10, pp. 1399–1401, 1996. IJECE, V ol. 9, No. 3, June 2019 : 1902 – 1909 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
IJECE ISSN: 2088-8708 r 1909 [14] J.-H. Lu, C.-L. T ang, and K.-L. W ong, “Single-feed slotted equil ateral-triangular microstrip antenna for circular polar ization, ” IEEE T r ansactions on antennas and pr opa gation , v ol. 47, no. 7, pp. 1174–1178, 1999. [15] Q. D. Hossain, M. A. Rahman, and M. A. Hossain, “Dual orthogonal feed circular polarization array antenna using m icrostrip slot feed netw ork, ” International J ournal of Electrical and Computer Engineer - ing (IJECE) , v ol. 5, no. 5, 2015. BIOGRAPHIES OF A UTHORS Mehdi Hasan Cho wdhury (MIEEE) recei v ed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chittagong Uni v er - sity of Engineering and T echnology (CUET), Bangladesh. He has been w orking there as a f aculty member in that same department since 2013. At present, he is w orking as an Assistant Profes- sor and on study lea v e to pursue his Ph.D. study . He recei v ed the prestigious Hong K ong Ph.D. Fello wship Scheme (HKPFS) in 2018 and star ted his doctoral research at the Department of Elec- tronic Engineering in the City Uni v ersity of Hong K ong. His research interests include embedded system designs, wireless communications and biomedical engineering. Quazi Delwar Hossain (MIEEE) recei v ed his B.Sc. de gree in electrical and electronic en- gineering from Chittagong Uni v ersity of Engineering and T echnology (CUET), Chittagong, Bangladesh, in 2001. He obtained Master of Engineering de gree in semiconductor electronics and inte gration sciences from Hiroshima Uni v ersity , Hiroshima, Japan, in 2007; and Ph.D. de- gree in microelectronics from the Uni v ers ity of T rento, T rento, Italy , in 2010. During his Ph.D. program, he als o spent a period with the SOI Group, Bruno K essler F oundation, T rento, Italy as a Postgraduate Researcher . From 2001, he w as with CUET as a f aculty member . Presently he is w orking as a Professor and Head at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, CUET . His research interests include image sensors, antenna design and related readout circuit simulation and e xperimental characterization of semiconductor de vices, sensors and photo v oltaic cells. Md. Azad Hossain (MIEEE) recei v ed the B.Sc. de gree in Electrical and Electronic Engineer - ing from Raj shahi Uni v ersity of Engineering and T echnology (R UET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, in 2004. He got Master of Engineering de gree in EEE from Sag a Uni v ersity , Sag a, Japan, in 2010; and the Ph.D. de gree in Science and Adv anced T echnology , in 2013 from the same Institute. From 2013, he w as with the Department of Ele ctronics and T elecommunication Engineering at Chittagong Uni v ersity of Engineering and T echnology (CUET) as a f aculty member . Presently he is w orking as an Associate Professor at CUET . His research interests include Micro w a v e antenna design and related readout circuit simulation and e xperimental characterization. Ray Chak Chung Cheung (MIEEE) recei v ed the B.Eng. (Hons) and M.Phil. de grees in computer engineering and computer science & engineering from the Chinese Uni v ersity of Hong K ong (CUHK) in 1999 and 2001 respecti v ely , and the DIC and Ph.D. de gree in computing from Imperial Coll e ge London (IC) in 2007. After completing his Ph.D. study , he recei v ed the Hong K ong Croucher F oundation Fello wship and mo v ed to Los Angeles, in the Electrical Engineering department at UCLA, where he spent tw o years with Image Communication Lab for continu- ing his research w ork. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Departm ent of Electronic Engineering at the City Uni v ers ity of Hong K ong and with Digital Systems Lab . His current research interests include cryptographic hardw are designs and design e xploration of System-on- Chip (SoC) designs and embedded system designs. Single feed cir cularly polarized cr escent-cut and e xtended... (Mehdi Hasan Chowdhury) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.