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Textile diamond dipole and artificial magnetic conductor performance under bending, wetness and specific absorption rate measurements

Kamardin, Kamilia and Abdul A. Rahim, Mohamad Kamal and Hall, Peter S. and Samsuri, Noor Asmawati and Jalil, Mohd. Ezwan and Abd. Malek, Mohd. Fareq B. H. (2015) Textile diamond dipole and artificial magnetic conductor performance under bending, wetness and specific absorption rate measurements. Radioengineering, 24 (3). pp. 729-738. ISSN 1210-2512

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13164/re.2015.0729

Abstract

Textile diamond dipole and Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) have been proposed and tested under wearable and body centric measurements. The proposed antenna and AMC sheet are entirely made of textiles for both the substrate and conducting parts, thus making it suitable for wearable communications. Directive radiation patterns with high gain are obtained with the proposed AMC sheet, hence minimizing the radiation towards the human body. In this study, wearable and body centric measurements are investigated which include bending, wetness and Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). Bending is found not to give significant effect to the antenna and AMC performance, as opposed to wetness that yields severe performance distortion. However, the original performance is retrieved once the antenna and AMC dried. Moreover, notable SAR reduction is achieved with the introduction of the AMC sheet, which is appropriate to reduce the radiation that penetrates into human flesh.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:bending, diamond dipole, specific absorption rate
Subjects:T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions:Electrical Engineering
ID Code:58898
Deposited By: Haliza Zainal
Deposited On:04 Dec 2016 04:07
Last Modified:08 Aug 2021 06:32

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