Study of budget link between on body antennas for WBAN applications

Author

Katbay, Zahra ; Sadek, Sawsan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Lebanese Univ., Saida, Lebanon

fYear

2013

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, the on-body performance of Higher Mode Microstrip Patch Antenna (HMMPA) antennas was investigated by measuring path gain S21 between two devices mounted on tissue-equivalent numerical and experimental phantoms, representative of human arm at 2.45 GHz. In particular, the study focused on the performance of a compact slotted (HMMPA). This antenna has a sufficient bandwidth for the operating requirements of the 2.45-GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band and both antennas offered higher path gain compared to a fundamental-mode microstrip patch antenna. The overall dimensions of the proposed antenna are 37*37 mm. The influence of patient´s arm movements on the radio channel has been simulated and measured.

Keywords

UHF antennas; biological tissues; body area networks; microstrip antennas; phantoms; radio links; slot antennas; wearable antennas; wireless channels; HMMPA antenna; ISM band; WBAN application; body antenna; budget link; compact slotted performance; experimental phantom; frequency 2.45 GHz; fundamental-mode microstrip patch antenna; higher mode microstrip patch antenna antenna; human arm; industrial scientific and medical band; path gain S21 measurement; patient arm movement; radio channel; tissue-equivalent numerical; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dielectrics; Hidden Markov models; Wireless sensor networks; Body worn; arm movements; low-profile antenna; on-body communications; printed antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2013 13th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Saida

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMS.2013.6663102

Filename

6663102