A wearable multiband monopole antenna for digital television and wireless communications

Author

Michalopoulou, A. ; Alexandridis, A. ; Zervos, T. ; Lazarakis, F.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Inf. & Telecommun., Nat. Centre for Sci. Res. “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

1398

Lastpage

1402

Abstract

A wearable multiband monopole antenna designed for digital television (DTV), commonly used communication standards including GSM 850/900, WLAN 2.4 GHz and UMTS 2.1 GHz bands and wireless sensor application bands of ISM 433 MHz and 868/915 MHz is presented. The proposed low-profile antenna was designed for operation on the human body and its performance was evaluated on different phantom types and under bending conditions. The wearable antenna is suitable for digital TV reception, wireless communication systems and sensor applications.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; bending; cellular radio; digital television; monopole antennas; phantoms; radiocommunication; wearable antennas; wireless LAN; wireless sensor networks; DTV; GSM 850/900; ISM; UMTS; WLAN; bending condition; digital television; frequency 2.1 GHz; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 433 MHz; frequency 868 MHz; frequency 915 MHz; human body; phantom type; wearable multiband monopole antenna; wireless communication; wireless sensor application band; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Digital TV; Phantoms; Reflector antennas; Digital TV; UHF antennas; off-body communications; wearable antennas; wireless sensor networks (WSN);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902041

Filename

6902041