Title :
Wearable textile patch antenna for BAN At 60 GHz
Author :
Chahat, Nacer ; Zhadobov, Maxim ; Sauleau, Ronan
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´Electron. et de Telecommun. de Rennes, Univ. de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Abstract :
A single patch antenna and a four-patch antenna array made on textile are proposed for wireless body area networks (BAN) operating at 60 GHz. The permittivity of the textile substrate has been accurately extracted using a simple resonant technique. In addition, a fabrication process is described in order to achieve the accuracy required at millimeter waves. This results in highly accurate, flexible, and wearable antennas to be integrated in garments. The robustness of the antenna characteristics on the human body is investigated using a skin-equivalent phantom.
Keywords :
body area networks; microstrip antennas; millimetre wave antenna arrays; permittivity; wearable antennas; BAN; fabrication process; four-patch antenna array; frequency 60 GHz; human body; millimeter waves; resonant technique; skin-equivalent phantom; textile substrate permittivity; wearable textile patch antenna; wireless body area networks; Antenna arrays; Antenna theory; Connectors; Indexes; Phantoms; Reflector antennas; body-worn antenna; millimeter waves; phantom; textile antenna; wearable antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-88-907018-1-8
