Planar antenna in proximity of human body models

Author

Hebelka, Vladimir

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radio Electron., Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

3309

Lastpage

3311

Abstract

In this paper, we study the behavior of a planar antenna, which operates in proximity of a human body models. The antenna was designed for wireless body centric communication between a health monitoring device and a sensor in the ISM frequency band from 5.725 GHz to 5.875 GHz (ITU-R 5.138, 5.150 and 5.280). The study shows properties of the antenna in various distances from a human body model from the viewpoint of impedance matching and radiation patterns. The antenna was designed considering double-layer technology and an Arlon substrate. Prototypes were fed by a 50 Ω coaxial cable.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; body area networks; impedance matching; planar antennas; Arlon substrate; coaxial cable; double-layer technology; frequency 5.725 GHz to 5.875 GHz; health monitoring device; human body model proximity; impedance matching; planar antenna; radiation pattern; wireless body centric communication; Antenna radiation patterns; Biological system modeling; Bones; Muscles; Skin; body centric communication; fractal antenna; human body models;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

Filename

6546924