TY - GEN
T1 - Wearable fabric reconfigurable beam steering antenna for on/off-body communication system
AU - Kang, Seonghun
AU - Jung, Chang Won
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/10/22
Y1 - 2015/10/22
N2 - This work presents a comparison of on/off-body performances between omni-directional (loop antenna) and reconfigurable beam steering antennas. Both omni-directional and reconfigurable antennas were operated at the frequency band of the WLAN 802.11a (5.725-5.85 GHz). The reconfigurable antenna was designed to steer the beam directions using two PIN diodes. The measured peak gains were 5.9-6.6 dBi and the overall half power beam width (HPBW) was 102à. The measured results of total radiated power (TRP) and total isotropic sensitivity (TIS) indicated that the communication efficiency of the reconfigurable antenna was better than that of the loop antenna. In addition, the simulated specific absorption rate (SAR) values of the reconfigurable antenna on the body were satisfying the SAR criteria.
AB - This work presents a comparison of on/off-body performances between omni-directional (loop antenna) and reconfigurable beam steering antennas. Both omni-directional and reconfigurable antennas were operated at the frequency band of the WLAN 802.11a (5.725-5.85 GHz). The reconfigurable antenna was designed to steer the beam directions using two PIN diodes. The measured peak gains were 5.9-6.6 dBi and the overall half power beam width (HPBW) was 102à. The measured results of total radiated power (TRP) and total isotropic sensitivity (TIS) indicated that the communication efficiency of the reconfigurable antenna was better than that of the loop antenna. In addition, the simulated specific absorption rate (SAR) values of the reconfigurable antenna on the body were satisfying the SAR criteria.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84953729607
U2 - 10.1109/APS.2015.7304994
DO - 10.1109/APS.2015.7304994
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84953729607
T3 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)
SP - 1211
EP - 1212
BT - 2015 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APS 2015 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APS 2015
Y2 - 19 July 2015 through 24 July 2015
ER -