An 868 MHz Bandage Type Antenna using Aluminum conductor and PDMS substrate

Kumar, Sanjeev; Simorangkir, Roy B. V. B.; Gawade, Dinesh R.; Quinn, Aidan J.; O'Flynn, Brendan; Buckley, John L.

Abstract

This paper presents an 868 MHz ultra-high frequency (UHF) bandage-type antenna for wireless body sensor network applications. The proposed antenna has a modified planar rectangular patch antenna topology and is realized using aluminum metalization and a flexible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. The performance characteristics of the antenna have been investigated through electromagnetic simulations and measurements on a human body phantom arm. The proposed antenna achieves a bandwidth of 11 MHz which is 57 % wider than the required bandwidth for the European LoRaWAN 868 MHz band operation. When compared to bandage-type Sub-GHz antennas reported in the literature, the proposed antenna exhibits desired gain and efficiency performance. Furthermore, the developed antenna demonstrates a low 10-g averaged SAR figure of 0.82 W/kg when 25 mW input power is supplied. The achieved impedance and radiation characteristics make the proposed antenna suitable for a wide range of body-worn wireless health monitoring applications.

Citation

Kumar, S., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., Gawade, D. R., Quinn, A. J., O'Flynn, B., & Buckley, J. L. (2022). An 868 MHz Bandage Type Antenna using Aluminum conductor and PDMS substrate. In 2022 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT). https://doi.org/10.1109/iwat54881.2022.9811086

• Conference Name: 2022 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)
• Conference Location: Dublin, Ireland
• Start Date: May 16, 2022
• End Date: May 18, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Feb 16, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jul 4, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: Oct 19, 2023
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Book Title: 2022 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)
• ISBN: 9781665494502
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/iwat54881.2022.9811086
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1792352