Bend and moisture effects on the performance of a u-shaped slotted wearable antenna for off-body communications in an Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) 2.4 GHz band
Authors
Sánchez Montero, Rocío; López Espí, Pablo Luis; Alén Cordero, Cristina; Martínez Rojas, Juan AntonioIdentifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/59650DOI: 10.3390/s19081804
ISSN: 1424-8220
Publisher
MDPI
Date
2019-04-15Funders
MECD
Bibliographic citation
Sánchez Montero, R. [et al.], 2019, "Bend and moisture effects on the performance of a u-shaped slotted wearable antenna for off-body communications in an Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) 2.4 GHz band", Sensors, vol. 19, no. 8, art. no. 1804, pp. 1-18.
Keywords
Wearable antennas
WBAN
ISM
Moisture
Bend
Project
CAS17/00394
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Publisher's version
https://doi.org/10.3390/s19081804Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
© 2019 The authors
Access rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
In recent years, the study and design of wearable antennas have been empowered given the success of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) for healthcare and medical purposes. This work analyses a flexible textile antenna whose performance can be optimised by the careful selection of the substrate thickness of the textile material, and by varying the antenna's geometrical shape. After considering these parameters, several arrangements of antennas were simulated using the Computer Simulation Technology software (CST). The results of the simulations were compared to the experimental prototypes manufactured on a flexible felt material for a range of thicknesses and curvatures of the antenna substrate. Such antenna designs can be utilised in off-body communications and ISM applications.
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