Wearable Compact Monopole with Artificial Magnetic Conducting Surface Reflector

Zhenzhen Jiang; Zijian Dong; Pengfei Song; Zhao Wang; Mark Leach

doi:10.1109/AP-S/CNC-USNC-URSI55537.2025.11266370

Wearable Compact Monopole with Artificial Magnetic Conducting Surface Reflector

Zhenzhen Jiang
, Zijian Dong
, Pengfei Song
, Zhao Wang
, Mark Leach^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review

Abstract

This paper presents a compact printed dual-band antenna combined with an Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) array for wearable applications. The proposed antenna operates at 2.45 GHz and 5.8 GHz, benefitting from an AMC to improve gain and reduce Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) values. The combined antenna and AMC structure has dimensions of 50×50×5.02mm3. The antenna realized gain is 4.22 dBi at 2.45 GHz and 9.09 dBi at 5.8 GHz. The 1 g and 10 g tissue SAR values are 0.16 W/kg and 0.1 W/kg at 2.45 GHz and 0.23 W/kg and 0.1 W/kg at 5.8 GHz. These results indicate that the proposed dual-band antenna with AMC, is suitable for wearable applications. The AMC enhances antenna gain and reduces the radiation exposure to the human body, making it a promising solution for on-body applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas & Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AP-S/CNC-USNC-URSI55537.2025.11266370
Publication status	Published - 8 Dec 2025

Keywords

dual-band antenna
wearable
high gain
low SAR
artificial magnetic conductor (AMC)

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10.1109/AP-S/CNC-USNC-URSI55537.2025.11266370

Simultaneous Communication and Power Transfer for WPAN health applications
Jiang, Z. (PI), Leach, M. (Team member), Wang, Z. (Team member), lim, E. (Team member) & Zhou, J. (Team member)
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Internal Research Project

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