TY - GEN
T1 - Stacked circular patch antenna for medical BAN
AU - Chandran, Anupam R.
AU - Timmons, Nick
AU - Morrison, Jim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/12/23
Y1 - 2014/12/23
N2 - This paper presents the development of a new stacked circular patch antenna at 2.45 GHz for communication between sensor nodes attached at different locations on a human body in medical body area networks. The antenna exhibits a bandwidth of 3.7 % centered at 2.45 GHz, when placed (2mm) above from a muscle tissue phantom. The antenna gives a radiation pattern similar to that of a conventional monopole antenna, which is a requisite for on-body communication. The on-body efficiency of the proposed antenna is 55.12 % which is good considering its low profile nature.
AB - This paper presents the development of a new stacked circular patch antenna at 2.45 GHz for communication between sensor nodes attached at different locations on a human body in medical body area networks. The antenna exhibits a bandwidth of 3.7 % centered at 2.45 GHz, when placed (2mm) above from a muscle tissue phantom. The antenna gives a radiation pattern similar to that of a conventional monopole antenna, which is a requisite for on-body communication. The on-body efficiency of the proposed antenna is 55.12 % which is good considering its low profile nature.
KW - Microstrip antenna
KW - On-body communication
KW - Wearable antennas
KW - Wireless body area networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84921381146&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/LAPC.2014.6996311
DO - 10.1109/LAPC.2014.6996311
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84921381146
T3 - 2014 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2014
SP - 22
EP - 25
BT - 2014 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 10th Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2014
Y2 - 10 November 2014 through 11 November 2014
ER -