Title :
A low profile microstrip patch antenna for body-centric communications at 2.45GHz band
Author :
Yeboah-Akowuah, Bright ; Kosmas, Panagiotis ; Yifan Chen
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Natural & Math. Sci., King´s Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
In this paper a low profile antenna for wireless body centric communication is presented. The antenna was designed to operate in the industrial, scientific and medical band 2.45GHz. A new design based on a circular slot inserted inside a semi-circular patch is introduced to tune the antenna to the required frequency. The performance of the antenna including the radiation pattern, reflection coefficient, and efficiency were investigated both in free space and on-body.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; body area networks; microstrip antennas; slot antennas; antenna radiation pattern; circular slot; free space; industrial, scientific and medical band; low profile microstrip patch antenna; reflection coefficient; semicircular patch; wireless body centric communication; Antenna radiation patterns; Phantoms; Resonant frequency; Slot antennas; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; antenna; body-centric communications; wearable;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
