PDMS-based skin-equivalent phantom for propagation studies in the 58–63 GHz range

Author

Guraliuc, A.R. ; Zhadobov, Maxim ; Sauleau, Ronan

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. & Telecommun. of Rennes (IETR), Univ. of Rennes 1, Rennes, France

fYear

2014

fDate

3-5 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

196

Lastpage

198

Abstract

A solid phantom simulating the same reflection coefficient at the air / phantom interface as at the air / skin interface is developed for on-body propagation assessment in the 58-63 GHz range. The phantom consists in a grounded lossy dielectric sheet made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and carbon black powder. The paper describes the characteristics of the phantom and provides an example of its application in propagation studies at 60 GHz.

Keywords

biological effects of fields; biomedical communication; biomedical materials; body area networks; carbon; electromagnetic wave reflection; phantoms; polymers; powders; skin; C; PDMS-based skin-equivalent phantom; air-phantom interface; air-skin interface; carbon black powder; frequency 58 GHz to 63 GHz; grounded lossy dielectric sheet; on-body propagation assessment; polydimethylsiloxane; propagation studies; reflection coefficient; solid phantom; Carbon; Dielectrics; Gain; Phantoms; Reflection coefficient; Skin; Solids; body-centric communications; millimeter-wave propagation; solid phantom;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Mobihealth), 2014 EAI 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MOBIHEALTH.2014.7015944

Filename

7015944