{"title":"Dual band low profile antenna for body centric communications with a split ring resonator","authors":"Zhenguo Liu, Yong-xin Guo","doi":"10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2013.6756228","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A dual band low profile antenna for wireless body centric communications is presented in this paper. It is composed of a zeroth-order loop loaded periodically with mu-negative transmission line (MNG-TL) and a circular patch located in the center of loop. The MNG-TL loop based on the fundamental infinite wavelength property allows current along the loop to remain in phase and same magnitude so that a highly efficient and miniature loop antenna with omni-directional pattern in azimuth plane at low frequency band for on-body communications is generated. On the other hand, a unidirectional pattern in elevation plane at upper frequency band for off-body communications is also obtained by circular patch simultaneously. In order to improve the pattern in azimuth plane, a split ring resonator (SRR) element is used to direct the electromagnetic field propagation. By placing a single SRR at the near field of the loop in different location, the mechanic of function between SRR and loop is also presented.","PeriodicalId":6321,"journal":{"name":"2013 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-BIO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2013 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-BIO)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2013.6756228","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A dual band low profile antenna for wireless body centric communications is presented in this paper. It is composed of a zeroth-order loop loaded periodically with mu-negative transmission line (MNG-TL) and a circular patch located in the center of loop. The MNG-TL loop based on the fundamental infinite wavelength property allows current along the loop to remain in phase and same magnitude so that a highly efficient and miniature loop antenna with omni-directional pattern in azimuth plane at low frequency band for on-body communications is generated. On the other hand, a unidirectional pattern in elevation plane at upper frequency band for off-body communications is also obtained by circular patch simultaneously. In order to improve the pattern in azimuth plane, a split ring resonator (SRR) element is used to direct the electromagnetic field propagation. By placing a single SRR at the near field of the loop in different location, the mechanic of function between SRR and loop is also presented.