Robust On-Body Antenna Based on Discretized Planar Surfaces
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2023
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4
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2023 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2023
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This paper presents a novel on-body antenna consisting of discretized metallic patch elements connected with lumped components. The antenna is designed to on-body application, and it could be placed, e.g., to the sling of the backpack. Since most of the human body is composed of water, it has a significant effect on antenna performance. The main effects include detuning of the antenna and a deteriorating radiation efficiency. The proposed antenna inherently resists the detuning effects as compared to a conventional antenna. Therefore, the antenna provides a robust operation in various user scenarios. The details of the structure and element values are optimized with a readily available method that enables the optimization of lumped components to improve the total efficiency. The results show that a 400 MHz bandwidth can be achieved with reasonable efficiency.Description
Funding Information: The work of R. Kormilainen was supported by Aalto ELEC Doctoral School Publisher Copyright: © 2023 IEEE.
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optimization, planar antenna, wearable antenna, wireless body area network (WBAN)
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Kormilainen, R, Langi, K, Lehtovuori, A & Viikari, V 2023, Robust On-Body Antenna Based on Discretized Planar Surfaces . in 2023 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2023 . IEEE, International Workshop on Antenna Technology, Aalborg, Denmark, 15/05/2023 . https://doi.org/10.1109/iWAT57058.2023.10171627