Title :
Dual-mode wearable antenna for medical applications
Author :
Ito, Kei ; Chia-Hsien Lin
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Body-Centric Wireless Communications (BCWCs) using wearable wireless devices have received an increasing amount of attention due to many applications such as medical care system, identification system and entertainment. In this review paper, we introduce a low-profile dual-mode (on- / off- body modes) wearable antenna for medical applications. In on-body mode, the proposed antenna is similar to a pair of metal electrodes operating at 10MHz and in off-body mode, with an L-shaped slit embedded, the antenna can cover the 2.45 GHz ISM band. Some simulated and measured results are shown to verify the proposed antenna.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; biomedical communication; health care; patient care; wearable antennas; BCWC; L-shaped slit; bandwidth 2.45 GHz; body-centric wireless communications; dual-mode wearable antenna; entertainment; identification system; medical applications; medical care system; off-body mode; wearable wireless devices; Antenna measurements; Electrodes; Pacemakers; Phantoms; Transmitting antennas; Voltage measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2013 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Karlsruhe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2830-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2829-6
DOI :
10.1109/IWAT.2013.6518368
