Abstract
Body-centric communications have become very active area of research due to ever-growing demand of portability. Advanced applications such as; health monitoring, tele-medicine, identification systems, performance monitoring of athletes, defence systems and personal entertainment are adding to its popularity. In this paper, a novel wearable antenna radiating at 5 GHz for the body-centric wireless sensor networks has been presented. The antenna consists of a conventional microstrip patch mounted on a gold base and could be worn in a finger like a ring. CST Microwave Studio is used for modelling, simulation and optimisation of the antenna. The simulated results show that the proposed antenna has a -10 dB bandwidth of 90.3 MHz with peak gain of 6.9 dBi. Good performance in terms of bandwidth, directivity, gain, return loss and radiation characteristics, along with a miniaturised form factor makes it a very well suited candidate for the body-worn wireless sensor applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | nan |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788890701863 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 Jun 2016 |
| Event | 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) - Davos Duration: 10 Apr 2016 → 15 Apr 2016 |
Conference
| Conference | 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) |
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| City | Davos |
| Period | 10/04/16 → 15/04/16 |
| Other | 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) (10/04/2016-15/04/2016, Davos) |
Keywords
- Wearable sensors
- Tele-health monitoring
- On-body applications
- Gold ring
- Microstrip patch
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