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Project

Wearable antenna design inspired by metamaterials.

Wearable antennas play a key role in wireless body area networks (WBAN) in different areas including medical monitoring, emergency rescue services, physical training, care for children and elderly, etc. However, wearable antennas have different characteristics compared to the traditional ones and need advanced technologies during their design and fabrication. A number of antennas already have been designed using metamaterials to obtain novel properties, e.g. multiple bands, multi-functionailty, and compact size. Some of these novel features are very attractive in wearable applications. This project plans to link these two topics together and to clearly show that metamaterials are very advantageous for wearable radiators, and to promote the development of the wearable antenna. A methodology will be developed for the design of wearable antennas with properties like wide bandwidth, multiband operation, and reconfigurability. The performance of the antenna will be analyzed both in free space and on the human body. The influence of the human body will be modeled and studied in full detail. The targeted result is a design flowchart accompanied by dedicated measurement methods.

Date:1 Oct 2015 →  30 Sep 2016
Keywords:Wireless Body Area Network, Metamaterial, Wearable antenna