Novel small antennas for body-centric wireless communications

Author

Ito, Kei ; Ho-Yu Lin ; Chia-Hsien Lin

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

424

Lastpage

426

Abstract

Body-centric wireless communications (BCWCs) using wearable or implantable wireless devices are received an increasing amount of attention due to many applications such as medical care system, identification system, smart home and personal entertainment. In this paper, we will introduce an UHF band (0.95 GHz) implantable antenna and a novel dual-mode small antenna for on-body (10 MHz) and off-body (2.45 GHz) communications for BCWCs.

Keywords

prosthetics; wearable antennas; UHF band; body centric wireless communication; dual mode small antenna; frequency 0.95 GHz; frequency 10 MHz; frequency 2.45 GHz; identification system; implantable antenna; implantable wireless device; medical care system; off body communication; on body communication; personal entertainment; small antennas; smart home; wearable wireless device; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Phantoms; Voltage measurement; Wireless communication; Antennas; body sensor networks; implantable biomedical devices; phantoms; wearable sensors; wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2012 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Kaohsiung

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1330-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1331-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2012.6421619

Filename

6421619