Dual-Band On-Body Repeater Antenna for In-on-On WBAN Applications

Dual-Band On-Body Repeater Antenna for In-on-On WBAN Applications

Abstract—A dual-band on-body repeater antenna for in-on-on wireless body area network applications is proposed. The proposed antenna has a maximum radiation normal to the human-body surface for communication with implanted devices in the 5.8 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. In addition, to transmit the biological information received from the implanted devices to other on-body devices, the proposed antenna was designed to have a monopole-like radiation pattern along the surface of the human body for communication in the 2.45 GHz ISM band. The antenna was fabricated, and its performance was measured by attaching it to a human-equivalent semisolid phantom. In addition, the human-body effect was studied to ensure antenna performance under an actual situation. Owing to their variety of potential medical applications, wireless body area networks < Final Year Projects 2016 > have received much attention. Medical implants for treatment, diagnosis, and monitoring have been studied in conjunction with the WBAN. For example, a biomedical self-monitoring system for implanted devices can be designed using the WBAN concept. For WBAN communication, the transmitter and receiver can be located in three regions: in-body, on-body, and off-body.