Wearable PIFA antenna implemented on jean substrate for wireless body area network

A novel wearable PIFA antenna jeans substrate topology have been designed, simulated and tested. This paper investigates the impact of introducing an additional substrate in order to improve the antenna performance, shielding effect in terms of SAR and degree of wearability, in comparison with the s...

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Autores: Gil Galí, Ignacio|||0000-0002-7175-5756; Fernández García, Raúl|||0000-0002-4030-7256
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Data de publicação:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:Inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/106334
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/106334
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09205071.2017.1341854
Nível de acesso:Acesso aberto
Palavra-chave:Antennas (Electronics)
Wireless communication systems
Wearable antenna
wireless body area network (WBAN)
PIFA
specific absorption rate (SAR)
Antenes (Electrònica)
Comunicació sense fil, Sistemes de
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Antenes i agrupacions d'antenes
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Resumo:A novel wearable PIFA antenna jeans substrate topology have been designed, simulated and tested. This paper investigates the impact of introducing an additional substrate in order to improve the antenna performance, shielding effect in terms of SAR and degree of wearability, in comparison with the standard topology. The proposed embroidered PIFA involves a ground plane sandwiched by two jeans substrates and requires a 50 × 16 mm area. It operates at 2.45 GHz presenting a 1.98 dBi gain with a 29.1% efficiency in contact with the human body. On-voxel analysis reveals that SAR standards are satisfied for occupational sector in any case and for public exposure at 1 cm from the body.