Title :
A dual band planar inverted F antenna for body-centric wireless communications
Author :
Khan, M.M. ; Magani, M. ; Rahman, Aminur ; Parini, Clive
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK
Abstract :
In this paper, a dual band planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) is proposed intended to be applied in various applications in healthcare and sport monitoring. The antenna is dual band at 2.45 GHz (ISM band) to communicate with other co-located body-worn devices scattered on the body or body worn base station and 1.9 GHz (PCS) band to communicate from on-body device to off-body units/access point or other wider e-health networks. The free space and on-body measured and simulated performances of the proposed antenna are shown and analyzed. The antenna shows very good on-body radiation efficiency as 58.03 % for 1.9 GHz and 52.0 % for 2.45 GHz. The dual band PIFA also shows good on-body gain as 3.74 dBi and 3.08 dBi at 1.9 GHz and 2.45 GHz respectively.
Keywords :
body area networks; health care; monitoring; planar inverted-F antennas; sport; ISM band; PIFA; body-centric wireless communications; body-worn devices; dual band planar inverted F antenna; e-health networks; frequency 1.9 GHz; frequency 2.45 GHz; health care; sport monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Passive RF and Microwave Components, 3rd Annual Seminar on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-542-3
DOI :
10.1049/ic.2012.0064
