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Abstract : A compact dual pattern diversity antenna combining a slot loop and a dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is presented for body area network (BAN) applications at 2.4 GHz. A common bandwidth of 1.5% is obtained with an isolation of -12dB. The slot loop provides slightly asymmetric broadside radiation patterns while purely symmetric end-fire type radiation patterns are obtained with the DRA. The diversity gain performance of the antenna has been tested in receiving mode for three different on-body communication channels.
A. M. Faiz, T. Alves, B. Poussot, Jean-Marc Laheurte. Diversity antenna combining slot-loop DRA for BAN applications. Electronics Letters, IET, 2012, 48 (1), pp.7--U75. ⟨10.1049/el.2011.3594⟩. ⟨hal-00692689⟩
