• DocumentCode
    673632
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    7-13 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    986
  • Lastpage
    986
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5315-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2013.6711152
  • Filename
    6711152