• DocumentCode
    674010
  • Title

    Evaluation of a human body phantom for wearable antenna measurements at the 5.8GHz band

  • Author

    Tsolis, Aris ; Whittow, William G. ; Alexandridis, A.A. ; Vardaxoglou, J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron., Electr. & Syst. Eng., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    11-12 Nov. 2013
  • Firstpage
    414
  • Lastpage
    419
  • Abstract
    This paper examines the far-field patterns of a monopole antenna mounted on different phantoms operating at the 5.8 GHz band. A 40cm height oval cross-section human body phantom is a good approximation for this analysis. The cost of the human equivalent liquid and the weight of the phantom can be reduced by using a hollow version of the proposed human body phantom.
  • Keywords
    biomedical measurement; body sensor networks; monopole antennas; phantoms; wearable antennas; bandwidth 5.8 GHz; far-field patterns; hollow phantom; human equivalent liquid; monopole antenna; oval cross-section human body phantom; phantom weight; size 40 cm; wearable antenna measurements; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain measurement; Geometry; Liquids; Phantoms; human body phantom; off-body communications; wearable antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2013 Loughborough
  • Conference_Location
    Loughborough
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAPC.2013.6711932
  • Filename
    6711932