Hui Li
Professor Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates Supervisor of Master's Candidates
Main positions:信息与通信工程学院副院长
Gender:Female
Alma Mater:Royal Institute of Technology
Degree:Doctoral Degree
School/Department:School of Information and Communication Engineering
Discipline:Communication and Information Systems. Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology
Business Address:No. 2, Linggong Road, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning Province; 116024
Contact Information:hui.li@dlut.edu.cn
E-Mail:hui.li@dlut.edu.cn
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Indexed by:期刊论文
Date of Publication:2018-06-01
Journal:IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
Included Journals:SCIE
Volume:66
Issue:6
Page Number:3136-3141
ISSN No.:0018-926X
Key Words:Antenna array; body area network; compact antenna; MIMO system; theory of characteristic mode (CM); wearable antenna
Abstract:A compact single-layer textile MIMO antenna is designed for wearable applications. The theory of characteristic mode is used to guide the antenna design and analyze its performance. The MIMO antenna utilizes a small ground plane as the main radiator, which is capacitively loaded by two strips along two orthogonal edges. The whole system occupies a volume of 38.1 mm x 38.1 mm x 2 mm, with each antenna having a dipole-like radiation pattern of linear polarization. Good isolation of above 12 dB is achieved due to the quasi-orthogonal radiations generated by the two antennas, providing pattern and polarization diversities. The envelope correlation coefficient between the antennas is below 0.01. The proposed antenna, fabricated on a flexible felt with a permittivity of 1.2, has a wide bandwidth of 20%. Due to its broadband behavior, the antennas remain well matched at the target band when worn on the body and bended. The loss of the human tissue results in the drop of the antenna gains to 1.6 dBi and 1.2 dBi, respectively, for the two antennas. The proposed antenna is competitive for wearable applications, due to its compact size, single-layer structure, easy integration, robustness, and reasonable on-body antenna gain.
Hui Li was born in Heilongjiang province, China. She received the B.E. degree in optical engineering from Tianjin University (TJU), China, in 2007 and Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, in 2012. She is currently an associate professor at Dalian University of Technology. Research Interests:Multiple input multiple output systems, millimeter wave antenna, implantable antnena, RFID, theory of characteristic mode and etc.
