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On-Body Off-Body Dual Mode Microstrip Antenna for Body Area Network Applications

Mendes, C. ; Peixeiro, C.

On-Body Off-Body Dual Mode Microstrip Antenna for Body Area Network Applications, Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Davos, Switzerland, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2016.

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/EuCAP.2016.7481313

 

Abstract
This paper describes the design, fabrication and test of a novel dual mode, on-body and off-body, planar microstrip antenna for Body Area Networks applications. The on-body antenna is obtained with a microstrip ring operating at a higher order mode while the off-body antenna is obtained with a meandered microstrip antenna. The antennas are fed separately but share a common ground plane and are disposed so that the occupied area is minimized.