{"title":"Wearable 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Antenna for Respiration Monitoring and Contact Tracing.","authors":"Md Abu Saleh Tajin, Nathan Judd, Kapil Dandekar","doi":"10.1109/ap-s/usnc-ursi47032.2022.9887274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ap-s/usnc-ursi47032.2022.9887274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 2.4 GHz on-body Bluetooth antenna (BLEpatch) is proposed for respiration monitoring and contact tracing applications. Due to its patch structure, the antenna performance is robust at body proximity. The introduction of a compressible foam substrate allows it to periodically compress and relax in response to abdominal pressure due to respiration. The antenna is simulated both in free space and on a human body model. The antenna passband is 2.36 - 2.57 GHz with a maximum gain of 8.2 dBi in the relaxed state.</p>","PeriodicalId":74559,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. International Symposium","volume":"2022 ","pages":"97-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10193855/pdf/nihms-1897105.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9551075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}