Compact Low-Profile Antenna for Wireless Medical Vital
Sign Monitors at 868 MHz

Gareth A. Conway; William G. Scanlon

doi:10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901890

Compact Low-Profile Antenna for Wireless Medical Vital Sign Monitors at 868 MHz

Gareth A. Conway^*, William G. Scanlon

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Abstract

A low-profile wearable antenna suitable for integration into low-cost, disposable medical vital signs monitors is presented. Simulated and measured antenna performance was characterized on a layered human tissue phantom, representative of the thorax region of a range of human bodies. The wearable antenna has sufficient bandwidth for the 868 MHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical frequency band. Wearable radiation efficiency of up to 30 % is reported when mounted in close proximity to the novel human tissue phantom antenna test-bed at 868 MHz.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference Proceedings of the 2014 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	830-832
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	9788890701849
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901890
Publication status	Published - Apr 2014
Event	8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2014 - The Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands Duration: 06 Apr 2014 → 11 Apr 2014 http://www.eucap2014.org/

Conference

Conference	8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2014
Abbreviated title	EuCAP 2014
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	The Hague
Period	06/04/2014 → 11/04/2014
Internet address	http://www.eucap2014.org/

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INSPEC Accession Number:14598741

Keywords

Human tissue phantom
Measurement
Propagation
Wearable antenna

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Conway, GA & Scanlon, WG 2014, Compact Low-Profile Antenna for Wireless Medical Vital Sign Monitors at 868 MHz. in Conference Proceedings of the 2014 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 830-832, 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2014, The Hague, Netherlands, 06/04/2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901890

Compact Low-Profile Antenna for Wireless Medical Vital Sign Monitors at 868 MHz. / Conway, Gareth A.; Scanlon, William G.
Conference Proceedings of the 2014 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 830-832.

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Compact Low-Profile Antenna for Wireless Medical Vital Sign Monitors at 868 MHz

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