Title :
Dual-mode wearable antenna for on-/off-body wireless communications
Author :
Chia-Hsien Lin ; Ito, Kei
Author_Institution :
Center for Frontier Med. Eng., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Body-Centric Wireless Communications (BCWCs) using wearable wireless devices are received an increasing amount of attention due to wide applications such as medical care system, identification system, smart home and entertainment. In this paper, we proposed a wearable dual-mode (on-/off-body modes) antenna for medical care system. In this paper, electric field distribution is analyzed for the on-body mode and reflection coefficient (S11) and radiation patterns are discussed for the off-body mode.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; body sensor networks; electric fields; health care; patient care; wearable antennas; BCWC; dual-mode wearable antenna; electric field distribution; entertainment; identification system; medical care system; on-off-body centric wireless communications; radiation patterns; reflection coefficient; smart home; wearable wireless devices; Antennas; Conferences; Decision support systems; Body-Centric Wireless Communications (BCWCs); dual-mode; wearable;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology: "Small Antennas, Novel EM Structures and Materials, and Applications" (iWAT), 2014 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2331-1
DOI :
10.1109/IWAT.2014.6958665
