An embedded on-body planar antenna using a low profile EBG structure

Author

Hyeongseok Kim ; Wentzloff, David D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

616

Lastpage

617

Abstract

This paper presents an embedded on-body planar monopole antenna using a low profile electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure. The EBG structure consists of the series capacitance between an inter-digital slot and the shunt inductance through a via. Using the band-gap characteristic of the EBG array, a planar monopole antenna which has an isotropic radiation pattern could be mounted on the human body with low interference. The planar monopole has an advantage of miniaturization compared to the patch antenna which is usually used in on-body communication. By using the low profile EBG structure, the thin antenna is applicable to on-body communication systems.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; inductance; microstrip antennas; monopole antennas; photonic band gap; planar antennas; EBG array; embedded on-body planar monopole antenna; inter-digital slot; isotropic radiation pattern; low profile EBG structure; low profile electromagnetic band gap structure; on-body communication system; patch antenna; series capacitance; shunt inductance; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Metamaterials; Patch antennas; Periodic structures;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6710968

Filename

6710968