Title :
Dual Band Low Profile Antenna for Body Centric Communications
Author :
Zhen Guo Liu ; Yong Xin Guo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
fDate :
4/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A dual band low profile antenna for wireless body centric communications is presented. It is composed of a concentric shorted annular ring and a circular patch. Two types of radiation patterns with omni-direction in azimuth plane at low frequency band for on-body communications and uni-direction in elevation plane at upper frequency band for off-body communications are obtained simultaneously.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; biomedical communication; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; radiocommunication; antenna radiation patterns; azimuth plane; circular patch; concentric shorted annular ring; dualband low profile antenna; elevation plane; low frequency band; off-body communications; omnidirection pattern; unidirection pattern; wireless body centric communications; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Frequency measurement; Wireless communication; Body centric communications; dual band antenna; low profile; patch antenna;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2012.2234071
