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This paper investigates the behavior of a dipole antenna near the perfect electric conductor, perfect magnetic conductor, and artificial magnetic conductor (AMC). The phase variations due to reflector reflection coefficient and the distance between antenna and reflector are analyzed, and their effect on the antenna radiation patterns are studied for different frequencies. The cause of a null occurrence in the broadside direction of radiation pattern when using the AMC (or HIS) as a reflector is explored. It is shown that this degradation is due to the phase of the reflected waves at different angles from the reflector surface and this phenomenon may occur for any type of reflector. In the next step, a new broadband unit cell is presented. By changing the AMC reflection feature and the distance between the antenna and the ground plane for three different states, the performance of the printed dipole antenna is improved. The maximum gain of the antenna is enhanced by approximately 7 dB, 9 dB, and 9 dB for three different cases of AMC reflectors. Moreover, the 3 dB max‐gain bandwidth of the structures are 33.81%, 29.17% and 20.84%, with profile size of 0.16λ, 0.4λ, and 0.4λ, respectively. All cases of the antenna with AMC structures have been fabricated and the measurement results are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed pot‐shaped electronic textile (E‐textile) antenna aided by rectangular ring ground plane has been proposed. The textile patch in pot form is designed by cutting triangular slots on the non‐radiating edges of the rectangular patch, which yields a broadband of 6.45 GHz. The measured antenna impedance bandwidth is from 2.15 to 8.6 GHz with a peak gain of 10.7 dB on fabricated human tissue muscle equivalent phantom model. The proposed antenna exhibits a broadside radiation pattern from 2.15 GHz to less than 6 GHz and conical radiation pattern from 6 GHz to 8.6 GHz covering wide impedance matching bandwidth (S11 ≤ −10 dB) of 120% for dual‐mode off and on‐body communication. In CPW fed technique, the back radiation from the antenna to on body is reduced by using a perfect electric conductor. For wearable applications, considering human safety concern the specific absorption rate levels are maintained, that is less than 1.6 W/kg limit over the operating bandwidth according to IEEE C95.1‐1999 standard averaged over 1 g of tissue model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]