TY - GEN
T1 - The fabrication and analysis of a polyimide based loop antenna for 2.45GHz WBAN applications
AU - Morris, Senan
AU - Chandran, Anupam R.
AU - Timmons, Nick
AU - Morrison, Jim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2017/1/5
Y1 - 2017/1/5
N2 - The design, fabrication, and performance analysis of a Polyimide Loop antenna is presented. This design is particularly intended for wearable wireless body area network applications where safe, conformal, and flexible antennas are desirable. The performance of the Polyimide Loop antenna was compared to that of a standard copper wire loop antenna. Both antennas demonstrated comparable free space performances. When the antennas were placed in close proximity to human tissue both experienced a shift in the resonance frequency due to on-body coupling. The Polyimide Loop antenna was also tested in flexed conditions and a minimal shift in resonance frequency was observed. The flexible polyimide loop antenna was shown to have a superior on body coupling compared to the equivalent rigid copper wire loop.
AB - The design, fabrication, and performance analysis of a Polyimide Loop antenna is presented. This design is particularly intended for wearable wireless body area network applications where safe, conformal, and flexible antennas are desirable. The performance of the Polyimide Loop antenna was compared to that of a standard copper wire loop antenna. Both antennas demonstrated comparable free space performances. When the antennas were placed in close proximity to human tissue both experienced a shift in the resonance frequency due to on-body coupling. The Polyimide Loop antenna was also tested in flexed conditions and a minimal shift in resonance frequency was observed. The flexible polyimide loop antenna was shown to have a superior on body coupling compared to the equivalent rigid copper wire loop.
KW - Flexible Substrate Antennas
KW - On-body communication
KW - Polyimide
KW - Wireless Body Area Network
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85014104267&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/LAPC.2016.7807510
DO - 10.1109/LAPC.2016.7807510
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85014104267
T3 - 2016 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2016
BT - 2016 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2016
Y2 - 14 November 2016 through 15 November 2016
ER -