Title :
Wearable finger multiband antenna for BAN use
Author :
Watanabe, Tomokazu ; Iwasaki, Hisao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Inf. Syst., Shibaura Inst. of Technol., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
This article describes the simulated results of the very low profile wearable multiband 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; wearable antennas; ISM band; MICS band; VSWR; loop antenna; wearable finger multiband helical antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Current distribution; Microwave integrated circuits; Thumb; Finferring; Multiband; Small size; Wearable antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6205860