This paper proposes a microstrip patch antenna for 2.45 GHz Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) band Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) applications. To enhance the front-to-back ratio (F/B) and specific absorption rate (SAR), an electrically coupled LC resonator is introduced. The overall dimensions of the proposed antenna are 54 mm × 45 mm × 2.4 mm and it has a gain of over 1 dBi for the entir...

In this paper, a compact microstrip open-loop resonator loaded by step impedances cells, is designed to achieve dual-band bandpass filter with tunable resonance frequencies. By adjusting the lengths and widths of the step impedances and the dimensions of the open loop resonator, the simulation results shows the dual-band feature of two passbands at 2.4 and almost 5.2GHz (exactly 5.25). The inse...

This paper presents the design of a dual band rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) coupled to narrow slot aperture that is fed by microstrip line. The fundamental TE111 mode and higher-order TE113 mode are excited with their resonant frequencies respectively. These frequencies can be controlled by changing the DRA dimensions. A dielectric resonator with high permittivity is used to mi...

In this paper, I have explored a significant concept for the miniaturization of microstrip patch antenna configuration by using the double negative (DNG) left-handed Metamaterials, which have dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability both negative, simultaneously. It is achieved through the concept of phase-compensation by thin slab consist of the double positive (DPS) material, which h...

In this paper, a compact high-pass filter (HPF) with a sharp rejection response based on the balanced composite right-left handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) concept is proposed. A series LC resonator using an interdigital capacitor and meander lines is designed. Also, a meander spiral complementary split ring resonator (MSCSRR) is used to realize the parallel LC resonator. The high-pass filt...

This paper discusses a new method to couple into theTM mode of a microstrip circular-disk resonator. This method can achieve reasonably strong input coupling, which is useful for narrow-band filters with fractional bandwidths of approximately 0.5% and above. A comparison between this newly proposed input coupling structure and the conventional gap input coupling structure will be addressed. A d...

A novel elliptical patch resonator for a compact bandpass filter with tunable bandwidth is presented. This bandpass filter has the advantage of great flexibility in which the center frequency can be changed easily. The bandwidth of this filter can be modified by simply changing one variable, and this makes the proposed design unique. The order of the elliptical patch resonator can be increased,...

In this decade, compact bandpass filters are essential components in microwave systems for passing desired signals and suppressing unwanted signals. Microstrip bandpass filter is rapidly going up in the design and fabrication in RF front-ends of wireless communication systems. The microstrip structure is well-known because of its light weight and simple design method. As knowing, the bandpass f...