Flexible and wearable graphene-based terahertz antenna for body-centric applications

Abdoalbaset Abohmra; Fizzah Jilani; Hasan T. Abbas; Akram Alomainy; Masood Ur-Rehman; Muhammad Ali Imran; Qammer H. Abbasi

doi:10.1109/IWMTS.2019.8823687

Flexible and wearable graphene-based terahertz antenna for body-centric applications

Abdoalbaset Abohmra
, Fizzah Jilani
, Hasan T. Abbas
, Akram Alomainy
, Masood Ur-Rehman
, Muhammad Ali Imran
, Qammer H. Abbasi

University of Glasgow
Queen Mary University of London
Texas A and M University at Qatar Education City

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Abstract

This paper presents a graphene-based wearable antenna operating in the terahertz frequency range. Graphene with its highly attractive electronic properties, and modern manufacturing techniques can yield antennas that are not only flexible but efficient and low-profile, suited for terahertz applications. The graphene antenna investigated here has a resonant frequency of 0.647 THz. The performance of the antenna is evaluated on-body and in free space using three layers of human skin. Simulated results show that the proposed antenna has a bandwidth of 20 GHz and offers a radiation efficiency of 96% in free space and 50% on the body, with respective gains of 7.8 dB and 7dB. The small and flexible structure of the antenna along with excellent impedance matching, high bandwidth, and gain, and good efficiency makes it an appropriate candidate to short-range wireless communication in the vicinity of the human body.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728112718
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IWMTS.2019.8823687
State	Published - Jul 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019 - Bad Neuenahr, Germany Duration: 1 Jul 2019 → 3 Jul 2019

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Name	2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019

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Conference	2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bad Neuenahr
Period	1/07/19 → 3/07/19

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Flexible antenna
Graphene
Terahertz
Wearables

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Abohmra, A., Jilani, F., Abbas, H. T., Alomainy, A., Ur-Rehman, M., Imran, M. A., & Abbasi, Q. H. (2019). Flexible and wearable graphene-based terahertz antenna for body-centric applications. In 2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019 Article 8823687 (2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IWMTS.2019.8823687

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Abohmra, A, Jilani, F, Abbas, HT, Alomainy, A, Ur-Rehman, M, Imran, MA & Abbasi, QH 2019, Flexible and wearable graphene-based terahertz antenna for body-centric applications. in 2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019., 8823687, 2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019, Bad Neuenahr, Germany, 1/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/IWMTS.2019.8823687

Flexible and wearable graphene-based terahertz antenna for body-centric applications. / Abohmra, Abdoalbaset; Jilani, Fizzah; Abbas, Hasan T. et al.
2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 8823687 (2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019).

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Abohmra A, Jilani F, Abbas HT, Alomainy A, Ur-Rehman M, Imran MA et al. Flexible and wearable graphene-based terahertz antenna for body-centric applications. In 2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. 8823687. (2019 2nd International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems, IWMTS 2019). doi: 10.1109/IWMTS.2019.8823687

Flexible and wearable graphene-based terahertz antenna for body-centric applications

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