Title :
A miniaturized wearable high gain and wideband inkjet-printed AMC antenna
Author :
Cook, Benjamin S. ; Tentzeris, Manos M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
A highly directive AMC-based wearable antenna which exhibits a wide 1 GHz impedance bandwidth and a gain of over 6 dBi which covers the 802.11 Wifi band is demonstrated for the first time while maintaining a small electrical size. The antenna is inkjet printed on paper substrate making it low-cost and bio-friendly. The performance of the antenna is studied in air and on a body phantom to demonstrate the high performance of the antenna whether in air or on a lossy body.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; broadband antennas; directive antennas; wearable antennas; wireless LAN; 802.11 Wifi band; artificial magnetic conductor; bandwidth 1 GHz; body phantom; directive AMC antenna; inkjet-printed antenna; paper substrate; wearable antenna; wideband antenna; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Phantoms; Substrates; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6710998
