Title :
Wearable Finger dual band antenna for BAN
Author :
Watanabe, Tomokazu ; Iwasaki, Hisao
Author_Institution :
Shibaura Inst. of Technol., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes the simulated results of the very low profile wearable dual band helical and loop antenna inserted in finger for MICS and ISM bands. VSWR less than 2 was obtained at both bands with finger.
Keywords :
body area networks; helical antennas; loop antennas; multifrequency antennas; BAN; ISM bands; MICS bands; VSWR; body area network; very low profile wearable dual band helical antenna; very low profile wearable dual band loop antenna; wearable finger dual band antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Current distribution; Microwave integrated circuits; Resonant frequency; Thumb;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2012 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0404-7
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2012.6324898