Title :
Skin-equivalent phantom for on-body antenna measurements at 60 GHz
Author :
Chahat, Nacer ; Zhadobov, M. ; Sauleau, Ronan
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron. & Telecommun. of Rennes (IETR), Univ. of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Abstract :
The extension of body area networks (BAN) from microwaves to millimeter waves requires to develop appropriate experimental phantoms emulating the dielectric properties of human skin for the characterization of wearable antennas, on-body propagation channel, and absorption of the electromagnetic power by the human body. Here we introduce a broadband skin-equivalent semi-solid phantom whose composition is optimized to coincide with measured values of the human skin permittivity in the 55-65 GHz range.
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; body area networks; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave measurement; permittivity; phantoms; skin; wearable antennas; wireless channels; BAN; body area networks; body propagation channel; broadband skin-equivalent semisolid phantom; electromagnetic power absorption; frequency 60 GHz; human skin dielectric properties; human skin permittivity; on-body antenna measurements; wearable antennas; Antenna measurements; Humans; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement; Phantoms; Skin; Body-area network (BAN); body-centric wireless communications; experimental phantom; millimeter waves;
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.2012.6206331
