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The effects of water on an on-body monopole diversity antenna pair at 1800MHz
conference contribution
posted on 2017-01-04, 10:44 authored by Dina A.H. Al-Saffar, Muhammad I. Khattak, Robert EdwardsRobert EdwardsThis paper presents the effect of water on a pair of 1.8GHz on-body diversity monopole antennas mounted on the forearm of a sitting male static volunteer. Application of a water
layer to the forearm was seen to both reduce efficiency and increase directivity leading to a slight overall increase in gain. Increased gain was shown to increase antenna correlation thereby reducing diversity gain in the antenna pair.
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- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
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016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC)Citation
AL-SAFFAR, D., KHATTAK, M.I. and EDWARDS, R.M., 2017. The effects of water on an on-body monopole diversity antenna pair at 1800MHz. 2016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 14th-15th November 2016.Publisher
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2016-09-01Publication date
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- en