Title :
Low-profile vertically polarized printed antenna for body-worn applications
Author :
Fontgalland, Glauco ; Olgun, Ulgur ; Volakis, J.L.
Author_Institution :
LEMA Lab., Fed. Univ. of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil
Abstract :
A low-profile printed vertically polarized antenna for on body applications is presented. This antenna is designed to operate within the new 40 MHz bandwidth allocated for medical body area network. A good isolation and purely vertical polarization are achieved with a λ/16 height printed antenna at 2.38 GHz. The antenna has 2.56 dBi gain and 98.3% efficiency when placed perpendicular to the 40mm × 30mm ground plane.
Keywords :
body area networks; microstrip antennas; body-worn applications; frequency 2.38 GHz; frequency 40 MHz; low-profile vertically polarized printed antenna; medical body area network; size 30 mm; size 40 mm; vertical polarization; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Bandwidth; Gain measurement; Laboratories;
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.2013.6711152
