Research Article

Design and Study of an mmWave Wearable Textile Based Compact Antenna for Healthcare Applications

Table 8

On-body antenna performance.

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

Return loss magnitude at 60 GHz (dB)−21.20−16.57−19.21−20.58−20.13−19.22
Bandwidth (GHz)
Gain (dBi)6.745.236.567.046.886.69
Radiation efficiency (%)93.3069.2081.2886.2388.8390.28