Title :
Design of a small rectangular patch for body area network applications
Author :
Emmanuel Valentín;Rafael A. Rodríguez-Solís
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagü
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this work, a small rectangular patch antenna for body area network application at 2.4 GHz is presented. The antenna is modeled on a uniform cylinder which simulates a human forearm. The electromagnetic parameters of the forearm were calculated as a weighted average based on the arm fat, muscle, skin, blood and bone composition. The experiment was conducted by simulations using Ansys HFSS. The simulations show a slight change in the return loss and gain pattern when the antenna is simulated in free-space.
Keywords :
"Wireless communication","Microwave antennas","Load modeling","Gain","Muscles","Skin"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2015.7305564
