Woodpile EBG-based antennas for Body Area Networks at 60GHz

Author

Brizzi, A. ; Pellegrini, A. ; Zhang, L. ; Hao, Y.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

10-11 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Two metamaterial Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) concept-based antennas are presented for applications in Body Area Network (BAN). The antennas work in V band at 60 GHz and are realized by means of a woodpile planar and cylindrical structure respectively. These structures are made of low loss alumina and can be manufactured through extrusion free-forming techniques. Both the here presented antennas take advantage from the directivity enhancement due to the resonant effect created by the partially reflecting woodpile structures. The reduced dimensions associated with the obtained directivity and pattern shape allow these antennas to be suitable for BAN applications. Specifically, the cylindrical antenna could be used for on-body applications, while the flat antenna is suitable for BAN-to-BAN or off-body communications.

Keywords

alumina; body area networks; directive antennas; metamaterial antennas; millimetre wave antennas; photonic band gap; BAN application; BAN-to-BAN communication; V band; body area network; cylindrical antenna; cylindrical structure; directivity enhancement; extrusion free-forming technique; flat antenna; frequency 60 GHz; low loss alumina; metamaterial electromagnetic band gap; off-body communication; on-body application; partially reflecting woodpile structure; pattern shape; resonant effect; woodpile EBG-based antenna; woodpile planar; Antenna radiation patterns; Cavity resonators; Metamaterials; Photonic band gap; Resonant frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Speed Intelligent Communication Forum (HSIC), 2012 4th International

Conference_Location

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0678-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-0676-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HSIC.2012.6213007

Filename

6213007