The Fourth Ultra Wideband for Body Area Networking Workshop

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Robust Wideband Printed Antennas for Body-Centric Communications - The Keynote Speech of UWBAN-2015

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.28-9-2015.2261523,
    author={KARU ESSELLE and Roy Simorangkir and Syed Abbas},
    title={Robust Wideband Printed Antennas for Body-Centric Communications - The Keynote Speech of UWBAN-2015},
    proceedings={The Fourth Ultra Wideband for Body Area Networking Workshop},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={UWBAN},
    year={2015},
    month={12},
    keywords={body-centric communications body-worn antenna full ground plane printed antenna wideband antenna},
    doi={10.4108/eai.28-9-2015.2261523}
}
  • KARU ESSELLE
    Roy Simorangkir
    Syed Abbas
    Year: 2015
    Robust Wideband Printed Antennas for Body-Centric Communications - The Keynote Speech of UWBAN-2015
    UWBAN
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.28-9-2015.2261523
KARU ESSELLE1, Roy Simorangkir1,*, Syed Abbas2
  • 1: Macquarie University
  • 2: Macquarie Univeristy
*Contact email: roy.basten@students.mq.edu.au

Abstract

A wideband printed antenna designed for body-centric com- munications is presented. Its very wide bandwidth extending from 4 to 9.5 GHz is obtained by applying several bandwidth enhancement techniques on the radiator while keeping a full ground plane intact on the other side of it. The proposed antenna was simulated in free space and in very close proximity to a frequency dependent homogeneous human muscle-equivalent phantom. The results reveal that the antenna is robust against both human body loading and structural deformation, indicating that it is a very promising candidate for body-worn applications.

Keywords
body-centric communications body-worn antenna full ground plane printed antenna wideband antenna
Published
2015-12-14
Publisher
ACM
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.28-9-2015.2261523
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