Title :
Fiber antenna for wireless body area networks
Author :
Nikoubin, Tooraj ; Garipally, Murari ; Thien-An Nguyen ; Zheng Wang ; Mohammad, Saed ; Changzhi Li
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, a novel monopole antenna based on a special type of fiber is fabricated and measured around the 2.4 GHz frequency band. The measured return loss and radiation pattern are compared with those of a conventional monopole antenna made by copper wires. This novel concept of device based on fiber is a good candidate for wireless body area networks for its ease of flexible-antenna formation and potential for on-body proximity sensing.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; body area networks; monopole antennas; optical fibre networks; wires (electric); copper wires; fiber antenna; flexible-antenna formation; frequency 2.4 GHz; measured return loss; monopole antenna; on-body proximity sensing; radiation pattern; wireless body area networks; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; body area network; monopole antennas; optical fiber; return loss;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS), 2015 IEEE Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/BIOWIRELESS.2015.7152121
