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- Title
Effect of the Human Body on Microstrip Antennas in Biomedical Applications.
- Authors
Hassan, Noha
- Abstract
Electromagnetic coupling effects of the human body on microstrip antennas are numerically investigated using the moment method. A 3-D shaped homogeneous human body model is simulated to be used at different frequency bands for biomedical applications. The parameters that control the interaction between the human body and microstrip antennas are studied. These parameters include the distance between the human body and the microstrip antenna, the size and the orientation of the ground plane and the dielectric constant of the substrate material. In some biomedical applications, an isolating superstrate is added above the radiating patch such that the metallic radiating element will not touch the human skin even if the antenna is in a direct contact with the human body. The effect of these supersaturates on the interaction between microstrip antennas and the human body is also investigated. The whole study is made for microstrip antennas in general and not for a specific application. Thus, the obtained results and conclusions are valid for any biomedical application that uses microstrip antennas in any configuration and at any frequency.
- Subjects
ELECTROMAGNETIC coupling; MICROSTRIP antennas; MOMENTS method (Statistics); HUMAN body; MEDICAL innovations; STRIP transmission lines
- Publication
International Journal on Communications Antenna & Propagation, 2012, Vol 2, Issue 1, p61
- ISSN
2039-5086
- Publication type
Article