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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2013.24.3.239

Design of a Dual-Band On-Body Antenna for a Wireless Medical Repeater System  

Kwon, Kyeol (Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
Tak, Jinpil (Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
Choi, Jaehoon (Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.24, no.3, 2013 , pp. 239-246 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a dual-band on-body antenna operating at MICS and ISM band for a wireless medical repeater system is proposed and the antenna performance including the human body effect is investigated. The designed dual-band antenna is comprised of a top patch for ISM band and bottom patch for MICS band. Simulation and measurement was carried out in order to analyze the effects of human body on antenna performance considering real use. The proposed antenna has required impedance bandwidth enough to cover both MICS and ISM bands. The measured peak gains were -12.47 dBi and 1.71 dBi at the each center frequency of MICS and ISM bands, respectively. Furthermore, the antenna has the maximum radiation directed toward the inside of the human body in the MICS band and directed toward the outside in the ISM band. In addition, the return loss property of the antenna is insensitive to human body effects so that the proposed antenna is well suited for the on-body wireless medical repeater system.
Keywords
Dual Band; On-Body Antenna; Wireless Medical Repeater System;
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