A planar MICS band antenna combined with a body channel communication electrode for body sensor network

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2515-2522

  Cho, Namjun ^a   Roh, Taehwan ^a   Bae, Joonsung ^a   Yoo, Hoi Jun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body channel communication (BCC); Body sensor network; Electrode; Medical implant communication service (MICS) band antenna; Planar spiral antenna

Indexed keywords

AG/AGCL; BODY CHANNEL COMMUNICATION (BCC); BODY CHANNELS; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; DRY ELECTRODE; EQUIVALENT-CIRCUIT MODEL; GROUND PLANES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN SKIN; LC RESONANCE; MEASURED IMPEDANCE; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATION SERVICE (MICS) BAND ANTENNA; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATION SERVICES; ON-BODY; PLANAR SPIRAL ANTENNA; POWER CONSUMPTION; PROPAGATION LOSS; RADIATION PATTERNS; SIGNAL LOSS; SKIN CONTACT;

ANTENNA GROUNDS; COMMUNICATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; RADAR ANTENNAS; SKIN;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 70350211840     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2029952     Document Type: Article

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