Measurement of general electromagnetic environment for energy harvesting using antenna operation of the human body

Hwang, Jongkook; Hyoung, Chang‐Hee; Kang, Soo Cheol; Park, Kyounghwan

doi:10.1109/aps.2014.6904995

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“…Researchers in [3,4] propose the use of the human body as an antenna, but with the objective of harvesting energy from a general-environment electromagnetic (EM) wave. They base their work on the fact that, in any general environment, electrical appliances radiate to some extent EM energy into free space which can in principle be captured and recycled, e.g.…”

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The hantenna: experimental assessment of the human hand as an antenna

Linares

Garcia

Yan

et al. 2018

IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation

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The objective of this work is to address the issue of using the human hand as an antenna, the hantenna. The method used is based on an experiment involving a wireless link between a traditional antenna and the human hand functioning as an antenna. Measurements were performed over six subjects in an anechoic chamber. The results show very clear trends. In the frequency band 800 MHz–2 GHz the human hand does improve the link performance, mainly by providing a better matching to the feeding cable. The main conclusion is that expressed in realised gain, the improvement of the link may go up to 15–20 dB, which is very considerable. The significance of the work is that it shows how to use the human hand as an antenna in certain non‐critical telecom applications.

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confidence: 99%