Title :
A low-profile dipole array antenna for on-body communications
Author :
Joongki Park ; Jinpil Tak ; Jaehoon Choi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
In this paper, a low-profile dipole array antenna for on-body communications in wireless body area network (WBAN) is proposed. The proposed antenna consists of eight planar dipole antenna elements. To obtain the monopole-like radiation pattern, eight dipole elements are placed symmetrically around z-axis. The simulated 10-dB return loss bandwidth of the antenna is wide enough to cover the 2.45 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. The proposed antenna has monopole-like radiation pattern with very thin thickness of only 1.6 mm.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; body area networks; dipole antenna arrays; ISM band; WBAN; frequency 2.45 GHz; industrial scientific and medical band; low-profile dipole array antenna; monopole-like radiation pattern; on-body communications; planar dipole antenna elements; wireless body area network; z-axis; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Phantoms; Low-profile; Monopole-like radiation pattern; On-body;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetics (iWEM), 2014 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
DOI :
10.1109/iWEM.2014.6963607
