Dual-Band Dual-Mode Textile Antenna on PDMS Substrate for Body-Centric Communications

Simorangkir, RBVB; Yang, Y; Matekovits, L; Esselle, KP

Dual-Band Dual-Mode Textile Antenna on PDMS Substrate for Body-Centric Communications

Simorangkir, RBVB Yang, Y

Matekovits, L Esselle, KP

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2017, 16 pp. 677 - 680
Issue Date:: 2017-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Simorangkir, RBVB	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yang, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7439-2156	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Matekovits, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Esselle, KP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3681-0086	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2017, 16 pp. 677 - 680	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1536-1225	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127062
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 IEEE. A dual-band antenna for off- and on-body communications in the 2.45- and 5.8-GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical bands is presented. The two radiation characteristics, i.e., patch-like radiation for the off-body link and monopole-like radiation for the on-body link, are achieved by utilizing inherently generated TM11 and TM02 modes of a circular patch antenna. A shorting pin and two arc-shaped slots are employed to tune both modes to the desired operating frequencies. This approach allows a realization of a dual-band dual-mode antenna with a very simple structure, i.e., a single radiator with a simple feed. A further advantage of the proposed antenna is its realization using a silver fabric integrated onto a flexible polydimethylsiloxane substrate that makes it more practical for wearable applications. An experimental investigation of the antenna performance has been carried out in free space and on a semisolid human muscle equivalent phantom, which shows a robust performance against the human body loading effect. When placed on the phantom, the measured bandwidths of 84 and 247 MHz in the 2.45- and 5.8-GHz bands, respectively, are achieved with the corresponding peak gains of 4.16 and 4.34 dBi, indicating a promising candidate for body-centric communications.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/LAWP.2016.2598729	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject.classification	Networking & Telecommunications	en_US
dc.title	Dual-Band Dual-Mode Textile Antenna on PDMS Substrate for Body-Centric Communications	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	16	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
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© 2017 IEEE. A dual-band antenna for off- and on-body communications in the 2.45- and 5.8-GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical bands is presented. The two radiation characteristics, i.e., patch-like radiation for the off-body link and monopole-like radiation for the on-body link, are achieved by utilizing inherently generated TM11 and TM02 modes of a circular patch antenna. A shorting pin and two arc-shaped slots are employed to tune both modes to the desired operating frequencies. This approach allows a realization of a dual-band dual-mode antenna with a very simple structure, i.e., a single radiator with a simple feed. A further advantage of the proposed antenna is its realization using a silver fabric integrated onto a flexible polydimethylsiloxane substrate that makes it more practical for wearable applications. An experimental investigation of the antenna performance has been carried out in free space and on a semisolid human muscle equivalent phantom, which shows a robust performance against the human body loading effect. When placed on the phantom, the measured bandwidths of 84 and 247 MHz in the 2.45- and 5.8-GHz bands, respectively, are achieved with the corresponding peak gains of 4.16 and 4.34 dBi, indicating a promising candidate for body-centric communications.

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