Title :
Study of performance and propagation characteristics of wire and planar structures around human body
Author :
Aroul, A. L Praveen ; Bhatia, Dinesh
Author_Institution :
Embedded & Adaptive Comput. Group, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
Continued miniaturization of electronic devices and technological advancements in wireless communications has made wearable body-centric telemedicine systems viable. Antennas play a crucial role in characterizing the efficiency and reliability of these systems. The performance characteristics such as the radiation pattern, gain, efficiency of the antennas get adversely affected due to the presence of lossy human body tissues. In this paper we investigate the above mentioned performance parameters and radio frequency transmission properties of wire and planar structures operating at ISM frequency band of 2.40-2.50 GHz in the proximity of human body.
Keywords :
telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; antenna efficiency; electronic device miniaturization; gain; human body; performance characteristics; planar structures; propagation characteristics; radiation pattern; reliability; wearable body centric telemedicine systems; wire structures; wireless communications; Antenna radiation patterns; Biological system modeling; Dipole antennas; Humans; Numerical models; Equipment Design; Humans; Miniaturization; Wireless Technology;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090997
