Title :
Design of a cylindrical resonant cavity antenna for BAN applications at V band
Author :
Brizzi, A. ; Pellegrini, A. ; Hao, Y.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK
Abstract :
An antenna for on-body applications based on a cylindrical resonator is presented in this paper. The antenna is designed to work at V-band, specifically in the unlicensed bandwidth around 60GHz.The resonant cavity is obtained by means of a woodpile Electronic Band Gap (EBG) structure made of alumina, and exhibits an omnidirectional radiation pattern on the plane normal to the cylinder axis. Such characteristic is extremely important for on-body application, since it improves the signal coverage of the human surface while reducing the energy lost in off-body radiation.
Keywords :
alumina; antenna radiation patterns; body area networks; cavity resonators; millimetre wave antennas; photonic band gap; BAN; V-band; alumina; body area networks; cylindrical resonant cavity antenna design; energy lost; human surface; off-body radiation; omnidirectional radiation pattern; woodpile electronic band gap structure; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Cavity resonators; Metamaterials; Resonant frequency; Skin;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2012 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0036-0
DOI :
10.1109/IWAT.2012.6178421
