A 900 MHz Beam Steering Parasitic Antenna Array for Wearable Wireless Applications

被引:25
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作者
Islam, Md. Rashidul [1 ]
Ali, Mohammod [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ S Carolina, Dept Elect Engn, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
关键词
Antenna array; beam steering; body-worn communications; parasitic array; wearable antenna; DIPOLE ANTENNA; TEXTILE ANTENNA; BODY; COMMUNICATION; FIREFIGHTERS; SYSTEM;
D O I
10.1109/TAP.2013.2269764
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A 900 MHz wearable beam steering antenna array is proposed. A wideband driven dipole when assisted by several varactor diode controlled parasitic dipoles allows the array beam to be steered in the azimuth. Antenna array prototypes fabricated using copper, conductive fabrics and conductive threads show good bandwidth and radiation performance. The array when placed against an anatomically correct human body model shows that the array beam can be steered along 3 distinct angles, 0, 45, and 315 degrees with 5.9 dBi peak gain.
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页码:4520 / 4527
页数:8
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