Title :
Slot antennas for on-body communication
Author :
Hebelka, Vladimir ; Lacik, J. ; Pitra, K. ; Raida, Zbynek
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radio Electron., Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic
Abstract :
The paper summarizes research of slot antennas for on-body communication which have been designed and tested at Brno University of Technology. Directive antennas are represented by a triangular slot monopole and fractal-like slot dipole. A fractal loop and a circular ring-slot antenna fed by substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) are representatives of omnidirectional antennas. The antennas have been designed for the operation in IMS frequency bands. Functionality of designed antennas was numerically tested using a simplified three-layer phantom and a realistic voxel phantom. Experiments were carried out using a phantom fabricated from a modified agar gelatin.
Keywords :
dipole antennas; directive antennas; fractal antennas; monopole antennas; omnidirectional antennas; phantoms; slot antennas; substrate integrated waveguides; Brno University of Technology; IMS frequency band; SIW; agar gelatin; circular ring-slot antenna; designed antenna; directive antenna; fractal loop; fractal-like slot dipole; omnidirectional antenna; on-body communication; substrate integrated waveguide; three-layer phantom; triangular slot monopole antenna; voxel phantom; Antennas; Biomedical measurement; Frequency measurement; Muscles; Phantoms; Sensors; Skin; fractal antennas; on-body communication; slot dipole; slot loop; slot monopole; substrate integrated waveguide; wireless body area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECom), 2013 21st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubrovnik
Print_ISBN :
978-953-6037-65-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICECom.2013.6684723
