Research Article

Reflector-Backed Antenna for UWB Medical Applications with On-Body Investigations

Table 6

Simulated input impedance and realized gain of the antenna at 4 GHz next to the multilayer and voxel models.

Person case (d)Input impedance (Ω)Realized gain (dB)

Voxel (30 mm)41.92 − j26.416.25
PA (30 mm)55.31 − j15.396.05
PE (30 mm)51.76 − j14.975.46
PA (20 mm)29.31 − j12.206.78
PA (12 mm)12.83 − j38.322.34
PA (10 mm)13.05 − j51.280.34
Voxel (2 mm)29.02 − j49.38−8.38
PA (2 mm)126.59 − j70.28−8.29
PE (2 mm)92.05 − j17.22−8.08