DocumentCode
1619772
Title
Surface and creeping waves excitation by body-worn antennas
Author
Akhoondzadeh-Asl, L. ; Nechayev, Y. ; Hall, P.S.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
fYear
2010
Firstpage
48
Lastpage
51
Abstract
Surface and creeping waves play an important role on-body communication channels. In this paper, we explore the characteristic of the wave on the body surface relate this to the antenna type. Simple models are used to extract the attenuation exponent and evaluate capability of the practical antennas in lunching the surface wave. Both flat and cylindrical phantoms are used in the simulations and the wave variation versus distance is investigated for each antenna.
Keywords
dipole antennas; loop antennas; microstrip antennas; telecommunication channels; attenuation exponent; body worn antenna; creeping wave; onbody communication channel; surface wave; Attenuation; Dipole antennas; Electric fields; Muscles; Surface waves;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2010 Loughborough
Conference_Location
Loughborough
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7304-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LAPC.2010.5666805
Filename
5666805
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