Dual-mode wearable antenna for on-/off-body wireless communications

Author

Chia-Hsien Lin ; Ito, Kei

Author_Institution

Center for Frontier Med. Eng., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

4-6 March 2014

Firstpage

286

Lastpage

287

Abstract

Body-Centric Wireless Communications (BCWCs) using wearable wireless devices are received an increasing amount of attention due to wide applications such as medical care system, identification system, smart home and entertainment. In this paper, we proposed a wearable dual-mode (on-/off-body modes) antenna for medical care system. In this paper, electric field distribution is analyzed for the on-body mode and reflection coefficient (S₁₁) and radiation patterns are discussed for the off-body mode.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; body sensor networks; electric fields; health care; patient care; wearable antennas; BCWC; dual-mode wearable antenna; electric field distribution; entertainment; identification system; medical care system; on-off-body centric wireless communications; radiation patterns; reflection coefficient; smart home; wearable wireless devices; Antennas; Conferences; Decision support systems; Body-Centric Wireless Communications (BCWCs); dual-mode; wearable;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology: "Small Antennas, Novel EM Structures and Materials, and Applications" (iWAT), 2014 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2014.6958665

Filename

6958665