Novel conformal surface wave Yagi antenna for on-body communication channel

In this paper, the proximity of the body is included in the antenna design which leads to propose a novel antenna for on-body communication channel. As the initial stage, the behavior of a dipole parallel to the body surface is investigated. This study provides valuable information which is used in the novel surface wave antenna design. To evaluate the new antenna performance, a pair of antenna is put on two opposite sides of cylinder made of muscle tissue property and the path gain results are compared with a pair of parallel dipole and also monopole.