1. A flexible and wearable dual band bio-based antenna for WBAN applications
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Sid, Abdelghafour, Cresson, Pierre-Yves, Joly, Nicolas, Braud, Flavie, Lasri, Tuami, Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Microtechnology and Instrumentation for Thermal and Electromagnetic Characterization - IEMN (MITEC - IEMN), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Unité Transformations et Agroressources [Université d'Artois] (UTA), Université d'Artois (UA)-Transformations et Agro-ressources (UT&A), UniLaSalle-UniLaSalle, Centrale de Micro Nano Fabrication - IEMN (CMNF - IEMN), The authors would like to thank Mr. Gauthier DELBARRE, Pierre LALY and Christophe BOYAVAL, for their technical help. -> PCMP C2EM, Renatech Network, PCMP C2EM, Renatech Network, and CMNF
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[CHIM.POLY]Chemical Sciences/Polymers ,Flexible antenna ,[CHIM.ANAL]Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry ,[CHIM.ORGA]Chemical Sciences/Organic chemistry ,Biosourced material ,Green electronics ,Wearable antenna ,[CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Biocompatible antenna ,[SPI.GCIV.EC]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Civil Engineering/Eco-conception ,[SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials - Abstract
International audience; This paper presents a flexible and wearable (on-body) dual band antenna operating in two Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency bands. The central frequencies selected are equal to 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz. In order to make the antenna suitable for Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) applications, it is fabricated on a flexible biopolymer called cellulose laurate (CL). The proposed antenna, that has been designed and optimized on ANSYS HFSS, is realized using a process based on copper adhesive tape and laser structuring. The characterization of the antenna in terms of reflection coefficient, gain and radiation patterns shows a good agreement with the simulation data. Compared to state-of-the-art antennas, the investigated solution demonstrates competitive results. The proposed antenna also features stable performance under bending conditions and the estimated specific absorption rate (SAR) is well below the limits defined by international standards. All these results suggest that the proposed antenna is very well suited for potential wearable applications and is a step towards fully green electronics.
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- 2022
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