Research Article

Comparative Analysis of a Super-Wideband Millimeter Wave Array Antenna for Body-Centric Communications

Table 9

Array 3 on-body results at different gap distances.

Parameters at 60 GHzFree-spaceOn-body 2 mmOn-body 4 mmOn-body 6 mmOn-body 8 mmOn-body 10 mm

Return loss (dB)−26.629−21.725−22.976−24.877−23.827−22.336
VSWR1.0971.1781.1521.1201.1371.165
Gain (dBi)4.2923.2384.6225.0324.9474.987
Radiation efficiency (%)32.6423.5226.5928.1128.6229.90
Total efficiency (%)32.5723.3626.4628.0128.5029.73