Design and performance analysis of dual-band wearable compact low-profile antenna for body-centric wireless communications
Abdullah Al-Sehemi, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Nikolay Dishovsky, Nikolay Atanasov, Gabriela Atanasova
In this paper, we present a novel dual-band wearable compact flexible antenna for body-centric wireless communications (BCWCs). The design is based on a modified planar dipole with parasitic elements, meandered lines, and a rectangular reflector embedded into a hydrophobic rubber-textile multilayer substrate in order to get both good antenna performance and mechanical properties. The antenna's str