Title :
Compact wearable dual-mode antennas for body-centric wireless communications
Author :
Chia-Hsien Lin ; Ito, Kei
Author_Institution :
Center for Frontier Med. Eng., Chiba Univ., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Body-centric wireless communications (BCWCs) have become an active area of research due to their wide range of applications in areas such as e-health systems, home care and entertainment. In this paper, two compact wearable dual-mode (on-/off-body modes) antennas are introduced and discussed. For on-body mode at 10 MHz, E-field distributions are analyzed with an arm phantom and a high-resolution human model, while for the off-body mode in the 2.45 GHz ISM band, reflection coefficients (S11) and radiation patterns are studied.
Keywords :
body area networks; wearable antennas; BCWC; arm phantom; body-centric wireless communications; compact wearable dual-mode antennas; e-field distributions; high-resolution human model; radiation patterns; reflection coefficients; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Electrodes; Phantoms; Reflection coefficient; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Memphis, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3538-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2014.6904485
