A low profile antenna for millimetre-wave body-centric applications

Ur-Rehman, Masood; Malik, Nabeel A.; Yang, Xiaodong; Abbasi, Qammer Hussain

dc.contributor.author	Ur-Rehman, Masood	en
dc.contributor.author	Malik, Nabeel A.	en
dc.contributor.author	Yang, Xiaodong	en
dc.contributor.author	Abbasi, Qammer Hussain	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-28T11:45:21Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-28T11:45:21Z
dc.date.issued	2017-09-27
dc.identifier.citation	Ur Rehman M, Malik N, Yang X, Abbasi QH (2017) 'A low profile antenna for millimetre-wave body-centric applications', IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0018-926X
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/TAP.2017.2700897
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10547/622244
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dc.description.abstract	Millimetre-Wave frequencies are a front runner contender for the next generation body-centric wireless communications. In this paper, design of a very low profile antenna is presented for body-centric applications operating in the millimetre-wave frequency band centred at 60 GHz. The antenna has an overall size of 14£10.5£1.15 mm3 and is printed on a flexible printed circuit board. The performance of the antenna is evaluated in off-body, on-body and body-to-body communication scenarios using a realistic numerical phantom and verified through measurements. The antenna has a bandwidth of 9.8 GHz and offers a gain of 10.6 dBi in off-body (free space) configuration while 12.1 dBi in on-body configuration. It also acheives an efficiency of 74% in off-body and 63% in on-body scenario. The small and flexible structure of the antenna along with excellent impedance matching, broad bandwidth, high gain and good efficiency makes it a suitable candidate to attain simultaneous data transmission/reception at millimetre-wave frequencies for the 5G body-centric applications.
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	IEEE	en
dc.relation.url	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7918602/	en
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dc.subject	millimeter waves	en
dc.subject	antennas	en
dc.subject	5G mobile communication	en
dc.subject	wireless body area networks	en
dc.subject	H641 Telecommunications Engineering	en
dc.title	A low profile antenna for millimetre-wave body-centric applications	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.contributor.department	Xidian University	en
dc.identifier.journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation	en
dc.date.updated	2017-09-28T10:18:45Z
html.description.abstract	Millimetre-Wave frequencies are a front runner contender for the next generation body-centric wireless communications. In this paper, design of a very low profile antenna is presented for body-centric applications operating in the millimetre-wave frequency band centred at 60 GHz. The antenna has an overall size of 14£10.5£1.15 mm3 and is printed on a flexible printed circuit board. The performance of the antenna is evaluated in off-body, on-body and body-to-body communication scenarios using a realistic numerical phantom and verified through measurements. The antenna has a bandwidth of 9.8 GHz and offers a gain of 10.6 dBi in off-body (free space) configuration while 12.1 dBi in on-body configuration. It also acheives an efficiency of 74% in off-body and 63% in on-body scenario. The small and flexible structure of the antenna along with excellent impedance matching, broad bandwidth, high gain and good efficiency makes it a suitable candidate to attain simultaneous data transmission/reception at millimetre-wave frequencies for the 5G body-centric applications.