Parachute shape ultra-wideband wearable antenna for remote health care monitoring

Wireless body area networks (WBAN) is used to measure patients' health conditions continuously. Different kinds of sensors are required to measure health conditions. When such types of antennas are used on the human body, they are flexible with the movements. The usage of wearable devices is currently increasing in the biomedical field. The presented wearable antenna is suitable for biomedical applications. The presented ultra-wideband (UWB) flexible parachute shape wearable antenna is fabricated on a jeans textile substrate. The prototype antenna has a −10 dB measured impedance bandwidth of 5800 MHz (7 to 12.8 GHz) with average radiation efficiency of 75.28%. The prototype antenna's size is 40 × 40 mm² (1.32 × 1.32 ${\lambda }_0^2$ at centre frequency 9.9 GHz) and a peak gain of 4.5 dB at 12.33 GHz. The fabricated antenna is suitable for biomedical applications in X-band frequencies and can be implemented with a low-cost manufacturing process. The radiating element is made by conductive copper tape. Muscle-equivalent phantoms are used to analyze the body effect on antenna performance. The radiation effect emitted by the presented antenna on the human body is calculated by the specific absorption rate (SAR) value. The maximum SAR value of the proposed antenna is 1.84 W/kg at 12.33 GHz. This leads to promising results for wearable applications related to remote health care monitoring, such as biotelemetry and mobile health with a sensor-driven approach.     

超宽带MIMO印刷单极子天线的设计

为了适应UWB系统对天线小型化的需求,设计了一款紧凑型UWB-MIMO天线,天线尺寸仅为23 mm×31 mm×1.6 mm。通过引入阶梯状结构,极大改善了天线带宽。测试结果显示所设计的UWB-MIMO天线的阻抗带宽为2.9～28 GHz,带宽比为9.6∶1。整个频段内互耦程度小于-15 d B,中高频段小于-20 d B,很好地满足了UWB系统对MIMO天线带宽和互耦程度的要求。在此基础上,对地板进行改造,实现了天线的双陷波特性。