• DocumentCode
    2321078
  • Title

    Optimizing wearahle UHF antennas for on-body operation

  • Author

    Psychoudakis, D. ; Chen, C.-C. ; Volakis, J.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Ohio State Univ., Columbus
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    9-15 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    4184
  • Lastpage
    4187
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we present a wearable antenna design and process using genetic algorithm (GA) optimization. The antenna platform conforms to a human shoulder and all optimization calculations are performed in the presence of the human body. The optimization focuses mostly on the vertically polarized gain pattern (in the azimuth plane) and on matching. The required operational frequency is in the range of 220MHz-370MHz (UHF band). GA optimization is used as a starting point and subsequent simplifications are made for fabrication ease.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave polarisation; genetic algorithms; genetic algorithm optimization; vertically polarized gain pattern; wearable UHF antenna design; Algorithm design and analysis; Azimuth; Design optimization; Frequency; Genetic algorithms; Humans; Pattern matching; Polarization; Process design; UHF antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0877-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0878-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2007.4396463
  • Filename
    4396463