Research Article

Various Textiles-Based Comparative Analysis of a Millimeter Wave Miniaturized Novel Antenna Design for Body-Centric Communications

Table 9

100% polyester on-body performance summary.

ParametersFree-spaceOn-body 2 mmOn-body 4 mmOn-body 6 mmOn-body 8 mmOn-body 10 mm

Center frequency (GHz)60.0159.64660.12260.59860.26260.066
Bandwidth (GHz)11.63210.2715.01211.22512.26911.71
Gain (dBi)8.5355.2727.6298.6958.7038.69
Radiation efficiency (%)89.46369.4474.0678.0680.65