@inbook{179092389466421097470f24a5d3bc0a,
title = "An 868 MHz Bandage Type Antenna using Aluminum conductor and PDMS substrate",
abstract = "This paper presents an 868 MHz ultra-high frequency (UHF) bandage-type antenna for wireless body sensor network applications. The proposed antenna has a modified planar rectangular patch antenna topology and is realized using aluminum metalization and a flexible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. The performance characteristics of the antenna have been investigated through electromagnetic simulations and measurements on a human body phantom arm. The proposed antenna achieves a bandwidth of 11 MHz which is 57 \% wider than the required bandwidth for the European LoRaWAN 868 MHz band operation. When compared to bandage-type Sub-GHz antennas reported in the literature, the proposed antenna exhibits desired gain and efficiency performance. Furthermore, the developed antenna demonstrates a low 10-g averaged SAR figure of 0.82 W/kg when 25 mW input power is supplied. The achieved impedance and radiation characteristics make the proposed antenna suitable for a wide range of body-worn wireless health monitoring applications.",
keywords = "aluminum antenna, band-aid, bandage-type antenna, PDMS, Sub-GHz, UHF, wearable antenna",
author = "Sanjeev Kumar and Simorangkir, \{Roy B.V.B.\} and Gawade, \{Dinesh R.\} and Quinn, \{Aidan J.\} and Brendan O'Flynn and Buckley, \{John L.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 IEEE.; 2022 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2022 ; Conference date: 16-05-2022 Through 18-05-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1109/iWAT54881.2022.9811086",
language = "English",
series = "2022 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2022",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "90--92",
booktitle = "2022 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2022",
address = "United States",
}