A Rubber-Based Dual-Mode Button Antenna

Xiaoyang Yin; Shengjian Jammy Chen; Christophe Fumeaux

doi:10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133720

A Rubber-Based Dual-Mode Button Antenna

Xiaoyang Yin, Shengjian Jammy Chen, Christophe Fumeaux

College of Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Natural rubber is a material of interest in the scope of antenna design because of its multiple qualities in mechanical properties, electromagnetic characteristics and economic values. To demonstrate these advantages, here we prepose a wearable button antenna based on rubber for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) applications. Given the distinct demands of directional properties for on-body and off-body channels, the proposed button antenna is equipped with two operation modes at two neighbouring frequencies in the 5 GHz Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) band. Specifically, through radiation superposition of magnetic currents, the proposed antenna is capable of simultaneously providing an end-fire pattern at 5.2 GHz and a broadside pattern at 5.6 GHz. A rubber-based prototype is fabricated and experimentally validated on a phantom, demonstrating the expected operation modes in the corresponding bandwidths for relevant body-centric communications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9788831299077
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133720
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2023
Event	17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023 - Florence, Italy Duration: 26 Mar 2023 → 31 Mar 2023

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Name	17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023

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Conference	17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	26/03/23 → 31/03/23

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Keywords

broad-side radiation
button antenna
end-fire radiation
Rubber
WBAN

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Yin, X, Chen, SJ & Fumeaux, C 2023, A Rubber-Based Dual-Mode Button Antenna. in 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023., 10133720, 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023, Florence, Italy, 26/03/23. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133720

A Rubber-Based Dual-Mode Button Antenna. / Yin, Xiaoyang; Chen, Shengjian Jammy; Fumeaux, Christophe.
17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. 10133720 (17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023).

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