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Study of Single and Dual Band Wearable Metallic Button Antennas for Personal Area Networks (PANs)

Sanz-Izquierdo, Benito and Huang, Fengxi and Batchelor, John C. and Sobhy, Mohammed (2008) Study of Single and Dual Band Wearable Metallic Button Antennas for Personal Area Networks (PANs). In: Russer, Peter and Siart, Uwe, eds. Time Domain Methods in Electrodynamics: A Tribute to Wolfgang J. R. Hoefer. Springer Proceedings in Physics, 121 . Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 173-187. ISBN 978-3-540-68766-5. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:17346)

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Abstract

A small WLAN/Bluetooth antenna with the appearance of a metallic button is reported for use with wearable computer systems and covert communications. A single band version is discussed in addition to a dual band design that also covers the HiperLAN/2 band. No external matching circuits are required when the antenna is fed with a 50 Omega coaxial line. A lumped element equivalent circuit is presented for the dual band design together with parametric data curves to inform the design process. A 3 layer human body is included in the simulation and measurements are given to demonstrate the on-body performance. The antenna is disguised as a small metallic button, having the appearance of the waist button used in denim jeans.

Item Type: Book section
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering > TK7800 Electronics > TK7871.6 Antennas and waveguides > TK7871.67.M53 Microwave antennas
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: John Batchelor
Date Deposited: 20 Apr 2009 14:31 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:55 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/17346 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Sanz-Izquierdo, Benito.

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Batchelor, John C..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5139-5765
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Sobhy, Mohammed.

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