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

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

3643

Lastpage

3646

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1711410

Filename

1711410