Title :
A small tunable and wearable planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA)
Author :
Lin, C.H. ; Li, Z. ; Ito, K. ; Takahashi, M. ; Saito, K.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Body-centric wireless communications (BCWCs) have received increasing attention due to its potential application in areas such as E-health systems, home care, security, and entertainment. A compact and low-profile wearable planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) with tuning function is presented for BCWCs in this paper. A two-thirds muscle-equivalent phantom is used to model the human´s arm. By tuning the proper capacitance of the proposed antenna, the industrial, scientific and medical (ISM, 2.40-2.48 GHz), wireless broadband (WiBro, 2.3-2.39 GHz) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS, Rx 2.1-2.17 GHz) and meanwhile lower band can also cover 950-956 MHz.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; biomedical communication; planar inverted-F antennas; security; E-health systems; PIFA; UMTS; Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; WiBro; body-centric wireless communications; entertainment; frequency 2.1 GHz to 2.17 GHz; frequency 2.3 GHz to 2.39 GHz; frequency 2.40 GHz to 2.48 GHz; home care; muscle-equivalent phantom; security; small tunable planar inverted-F antenna; tuning function; wearable planar inverted-F antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Phantoms; Resonant frequency; Tuning; Body-centric wireless communications; PIFA; tuning function; wearable;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206554
