Analysis of vertical loop antenna and its wide and flat variant performance in wearable use |
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Author: | Berg, Markus1; Chen, Jiangcheng1; Pärssinen, Aarno1 |
Organizations: |
1Centre for Wireless Communications, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | accepted version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 2.1 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2018050419380 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
2018
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Publish Date: | 2018-05-04 |
Description: |
AbstractThis paper presents an analysis of the input impedance and radiation pattern behavior for a rectangular loop antenna when it is reshaped from a narrow square to wide and flat. The antenna operation is examined by 3D electromagnetic simulations. Parametric simulation results are shown to explain the effect of antenna dimensions on the impedance behavior. Based on the numerical results, an equivalent circuit is developed to model the impedance change due to reshaping the loop antenna. The main observations are that the decreased height and the increased width of the antenna increase the bandwidth potential of the inherently narrowband loop and increase its directivity. These characteristics together with a vertical loop orientation enable a high performance antenna for locations very close to conductive or lossy materials. Based on the presented impedance analysis, an optimized antenna prototype for a wearable use is manufactured and its performance is verified by measurements. Measured radiation efficiency for the antenna in contact with a human tissue phantom is -5.0 dB at 2 GHz and the obtainable bandwidth potential is > 10 %. see all
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Series: |
IEEE access |
ISSN: | 2169-3536 |
ISSN-E: | 2169-3536 |
ISSN-L: | 2169-3536 |
Volume: | 6 |
Pages: | 22570 - 22577 |
DOI: | 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2824542 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2824542 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics |
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Funding: |
This work was done in WERME research project financially supported by Hilla research program through Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation |
Copyright information: |
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