@inproceedings{e6072d2edd1d45c9bfc4854253f75d85,
title = "A circular patch frequency reconfigurable antenna for wearable applications",
abstract = "A novel frequency reconfigurable microstrip patch antenna has been presented for 3.6 GHz and 5 GHz. Compared to the traditional, complicated and high cost frequency reconfigurable antennas, our work is featured by a simple and concise design. The frequency reconfiguration is obtained by using layers of mercury and liquid crystal polymer (LCP) on conventional patch antenna. The proposed structure was modelled and simulated using CST Microwave Studio. The antenna was first simulated in free space to check the antenna parameters such as return loss, gain, radiation pattern and efficiency. After obtaining the results, the antenna was simulated for analysing the on-body performance by using numerical model of human body. The simulated return loss for both the configurations is less than -10 dB at the radiating frequencies. The free space simulated results show the close agreement with the on-body test results.",
keywords = "Chip capacitors, Frequency reconfigurable antenna, LCP (Liquid Crystal Polymer), MEMS (microelectromechanical) switch, mercury, PIN diode, SAR (Specific Absorption Rate), Varactor diode, WLAN",
author = "Waqas Farooq and Masood Ur-Rehman and Abbasi, \{Qammer H.\} and Khalid Qaraqe",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; 11th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2015 ; Conference date: 19-10-2015 Through 21-10-2015",
year = "2015",
month = dec,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1109/WiMOB.2015.7347947",
language = "English",
series = "2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "103--106",
booktitle = "2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2015",
address = "United States",
}