Abstract
A wideband printed antenna designed for body-centric com- munications is presented. Its very wide bandwidth extending from 4 to 9.5 GHz is obtained by applying several bandwidth enhancement techniques on the radiator while keeping a full ground plane intact on the other side of it. The proposed antenna was simulated in free space and in very close proximity to a frequency dependent homogeneous human muscle-equivalent phantom. The results reveal that the antenna is robust against both human body loading and structural deformation, indicating that it is a very promising candidate for body-worn applications.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | BodyNets 2015 |
Subtitle of host publication | proceedings of the 10th EAI International Conference on Body Area Networks and 4th Ultra Wideband for Body Area Networking Workshop |
Editors | Eryk Dutkiewicz, Ren Ping Liu, Honggang Wang, Qi Zhang, Giancarlo Fortino, Ladislau Matekovits, Matti Hamalainen, Wei Ni |
Place of Publication | New York, NY |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781631900846 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | International Conference on Body Area Networks (10th : 2015) - Sydney Duration: 28 Sept 2015 → 30 Sept 2015 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Body Area Networks (10th : 2015) |
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City | Sydney |
Period | 28/09/15 → 30/09/15 |
Keywords
- Body-centric communications
- Body-worn antenna
- Full ground plane
- Printed antenna
- Wideband antenna