• DocumentCode
    246246
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-11 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    307
  • Lastpage
    308
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Memphis, TN
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3538-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2014.6904485
  • Filename
    6904485