Title :
Antenna with switchable propagating modes for WBAN applications
Author :
Anupam R Chandran;Senan Morris;Nick Timmons;Jim Morrison
Author_Institution :
WiSAR Lab, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Letterkenny, Co-Donegal, Ireland
Abstract :
A new reconfigurable low profile microstrip patch antenna with switchable propagating modes for wireless body area network is presented. The directivity gain of the antenna is 6.8 dBi in the off-body mode, and 6.4 dBi in the on-body mode. The prototype covers the ISM 2.45 GHz band. The operating frequency of the antenna remains the same irrespective of the direction to which the beam is steered.
Keywords :
"Switches","Wireless communication","Body area networks","Antenna measurements","Patch antennas","Frequency measurement"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2015 Loughborough
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2015.7366072
