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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Lessons Learned about the Design and Active Characterization of On-Body Antennas in the 2.4 GHz Frequency Band.

David Naranjo-Hernández, Javier Reina-Tosina, Laura M Roa

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors.

David Naranjo-HernándezBiomedical Engineering Group, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7636-2855
Javier Reina-TosinaBiomedical Engineering Group, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6853-4899
Laura M RoaBiomedical Engineering Group, University of Seville, 41092 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9221-0299

Funding

Fundación Mutua Madrileña Proyecto VÍA-RENALFundación Progreso y Salud PIN-0394-2017Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI15/00306
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work addresses the design and experimental characterization of on-body antennas, which play an essential role within Body Sensor Networks. Four antenna designs were selected from a set of eighteen antenna choices and finally implemented for both passive and active measurements. The issues raised during the process of this work (requirements study, technology selection, development and optimization of antennas, impedance matching, unbalanced to balanced transformation, passive and active characterization, off-body and on-body configurations, etc.) were studied and solved, driving a methodology for the characterization of on-body antennas, including transceiver effects. Despite the influence of the body, the antennas showed appropriate results for an in-door environment. Another novelty is the proposal and validation of a phantom to emulate human experimentation. The differences between experimental and simulated results highlight a set of circumstances to be taken into account during the design process of an on-body antenna: more comprehensive simulation schemes to take into account the hardware effects and a custom design process that considers the application for which the device will be used, as well as the effects that can be caused by the human body.

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anechoic chamberBody Sensor Networkimpedance matchingon-body antennaradiation pattern

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PMID31906102
PMCPMC6982937

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