Development of a Wearable Patch Antenna for Patient Monitoring

This research sees to developing a miniature/wearable microstrip patch antenna which will be lightweight and have a reasonable flexibility limit. Within this study thus, microstrip patch antenna (MSA) using CST studio was sized and designed. In this regard, this research sees to developing a miniature/wearable microstrip patch antenna for patient monitoring applications. The features of the antenna are specifically chosen to ensure that it meets up with the requirement of the patch antenna. This is to ensure its compact size, effective length and good transmissions which are all pre-requisite for a patch antenna intended for patient monitoring purpose as it’s designed to be worn on the body. The study comprises of an introductory chapter which gives a general information on the study background, problem statement, justification of study, scope of research, aim and objectives, advantages and disadvantages and the thesis guide. The chapter two encapsulates the review of literature, the third chapter covers the methodology and procedure for the simulation of antenna, the chapter four introduces the results and discussion of the simulation and chapter five concludes the research with recommendations.