• DocumentCode
    1485714
  • Title

    Human skin permittivity models for millimetre-wave range

  • Author

    Chahat, Nacer ; Zhadobov, Maxim ; Augustine, Robin ; Sauleau, Ronan

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electron. & Telecommun. of Rennes (IETR), Univ. of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    427
  • Lastpage
    428
  • Abstract
    The complex permittivity of the human skin has been measured in vivo in the 10-60-GHz range using a recently developed coaxial slim probe. The results are compared with the literature data at millimetre waves, and a broad-band Cole-Cole model is proposed for several locations on the arm, namely at the palm, wrist, and forearm. This reported study provides relevant data required for studying interactions between emerging body-centric wireless millimetre-wave technologies and the human body.
  • Keywords
    body area networks; coaxial cables; millimetre wave measurement; permittivity measurement; skin; body area network; body-centric wireless millimetre-wave technology; broad-band Cole-Cole model; coaxial slim probe; frequency 10 GHz to 60 GHz; human body; human skin permittivity model; millimetre-wave range;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2011.0349
  • Filename
    5741020