Study of a novel multi-band antenna for body-centric wireless networks
Issue Date
2015-12-07Subjects
Liquid Crystal PolymerC-Band
body-centric wireless networks
Bluetooth
wearable antennas
Multi-band antennas
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Body-centric wireless networks are used for connectivity between on-body and on-off body communications for various applications for rescue, diagnostics and medical usage. Multiple features of modern portable and wearable devices necessitate antenna operation at a number of frequencies. A compact, low profile and multi-band antenna is presented for body-centric wireless networks in this study. The conventional microstrip rectangular patch antenna has been converted into a multi-band antenna by using layers of mercury and liquid crystal polymer (LCP). The antenna performance in free space and in body-mounted configurations are evaluated and compared using computer simulations. The proposed antenna supports six frequencies for operation at ISM/Wi-Fi/C band. A minimal shift in the operating frequencies while operating in on-body configuration makes this the proposed antenna very resilient to frequency de-tuning caused by the human body presence. The antenna also offers high peak gain values (>7.68 dBi) in the two configurations at all of the operating frequencies.Citation
Farooq W, Ur-Rehman M, Yang X, Abbasi QH (2015) 'Study of a novel multi-band antenna for body-centric wireless networks', 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob) - Abu Dhabi, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..Additional Links
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7347949Type
Conference papers, meetings and proceedingsLanguage
enISBN
9781467377010ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1109/WiMOB.2015.7347949