Wearable Waveguide Surface for Low-Loss Body Area Network Communications

In this letter, a wearable waveguide surface for body area network communications is proposed. The designed structure is a via-less easy-to-manufacture waveguide surface optimized to work in 2.6 GHz band. It is built on a flexible substrate, which makes it suitable for integration in clothes. The ex...

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Published in:IEEE antennas and wireless propagation letters 2021-12, Vol.20 (12), p.2295-2299
Main Authors: El-Bacha, Maria, Ferrero, Fabien, Lizzi, Leonardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna measurements
Antennas
Body area networks
Dipoles
Electromagnetic waveguides
Electromagnetism
Engineering Sciences
human body phantom
measurements
Optical waveguides
Periodic structures
planar
Substrates
Surface impedance
Surface waves
Torso
wave guide surface
Waveguides
Wearable technology
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Summary:In this letter, a wearable waveguide surface for body area network communications is proposed. The designed structure is a via-less easy-to-manufacture waveguide surface optimized to work in 2.6 GHz band. It is built on a flexible substrate, which makes it suitable for integration in clothes. The experimental measurement of the waveguide surface placed around the human torso is presented. This waveguide structure increases the transmission level between two half-wave dipole end-launchers from −60 to −8 dB over a 435.8 mm distance.
ISSN:1536-1225
1548-5757
DOI:10.1109/LAWP.2021.3108665