Research Article

Novel Compact Design and Investigation of a Super Wideband Millimeter Wave Antenna for Body-Centric Communications

Table 5

Gain, VSWR, and efficiency comparison (FS = free space and OB = on-body).

Frequencies60 GHz80 GHz100 GHz
FSOBFSOBFSOB

Radiation efficiency (%)70.6562.1263.9653.5557.3149.61
Total efficiency (%)70.2862.0863.7453.2555.8948.71
VSWR1.15641.04911.12341.11031.37241.3105
Gain (dB)4.6695.3944.1254.6885.7797.007