Beam Steerable Antenna Development for Wireless Health Monitoring
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Authors
Colleges, School and Institutes
External organisations
- Univ of Birmingham, Dep of
Abstract
A wideband high gain (>20dBi) beam scanning microstrip antenna array is presented for remote vital sign monitoring utilizing Doppler radar technique at 60 GHz-band. The array is designed by 32 (8×4) extended size patch elements where 8 elements are fed in series in four columns. Beam scanning is achieved by tuning the operating frequency across 58-63 GHz operating frequency band. Since a narrow frequency band is required for Doppler radar in vital sign monitoring, the beam scanning property is employed to detect vital signs of a person changing locations to different angular positions. Remote health monitoring measurements are taken with two identical antennas at 1-2 m distance from the subject. It is shown that both the breathing rate (BR) and heartbeat rate (HR) can be successfully detected within 20° of the angular range by tuning the operating frequency from 58-63 GHz.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2019 UK/China Emerging Technologies, UCET 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2019 |
| Event | 2019 UK/China Emerging Technologies, UCET 2019 - Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Aug 2019 → 22 Aug 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | 2019 UK/China Emerging Technologies, UCET 2019 |
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Conference
| Conference | 2019 UK/China Emerging Technologies, UCET 2019 |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| City | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Period | 21/08/19 → 22/08/19 |
Keywords
- 60GHz band antenna, beam steering antenna, Doppler radar, wireless health monitoring