Title :
Characteristics of an Embedded Microstrip Patch Antenna for Wireless Infrastructure Health Monitoring
Author :
Shams, Khan M Z ; Ali, M. ; Miah, Abdul M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC
Abstract :
Structural health monitoring using embeddable wireless sensors is a promising research area. Once embedded the wireless sensor antenna must operate efficiently in order to support data communication as well as battery charging using an integrated rectifying antenna (rectenna). In this paper the characteristics of an embedded microstrip patch antenna within concrete is studied as function of the air-gap and the concrete dielectric constant and loss tangent
Keywords :
intelligent sensors; microstrip antennas; structural engineering; wireless sensor networks; battery charging; concrete dielectric constant; data communication; embeddable wireless sensors; embedded microstrip patch antenna; integrated rectifying antenna; loss tangent; rectenna; structural health monitoring; wireless infrastructure health monitoring; wireless sensor antenna; Air gaps; Batteries; Concrete; Data communication; Microstrip antennas; Monitoring; Patch antennas; Rectennas; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711410
