Performance on the human body of a dual-band textile antenna loaded with metamaterials

Author

Sen Yan ; Soh, Ping Jack ; Vandenbosch, Guy A. E.

Author_Institution

ESAT-TELEMIC, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A dual-band textile antenna loaded with metamaterials is proposed and analyzed. By introducing a composite right/left-handed transmission line, similar field distributions and radiation patterns are obtained in the two operation bands. The antenna is calculated on a human tissue model for both planar and bending situations. The antenna performance, e.g. resonant frequency, impedance matching bandwidth, directivity, gain, radiation efficiency, and specific absorption ratio (SAR), are compared. This verifies the antenna robustness and safety for use on a human body.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; metamaterial antennas; multifrequency antennas; textiles; wearable antennas; antenna directivity; antenna gain; composite right-handed/left-handed transmission line; dual-band textile antenna; human body; impedance matching bandwidth; metamaterial loaded antenna; radiation efficiency; radiation patterns; resonant frequency; similar field distribution; specific absorption ratio; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Dual band; Loaded antennas; Textiles; dual-band antennas; metamaterials; textile antennas; wearable antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228284