Enhanced Scattering by Wearable Objects in Wireless Power Transfer Links: Case Studies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geometry of the Scattering Problem and Theoretical Analysis
- : plane-wave incident field;
- : plane-wave reflected field, excited by reflection of the incident field onto the layered half-space ;
- : scattered field by the cylinders;
- : scattered-reflected field, excited by reflection of the scattered field onto the layered half-space ;
- : plane-wave transmitted field, excited by the transmission of the incident field into layered media;
- : scattered-transmitted, excited by transmission of the scattered field into layered media.
3. Numerical Results
3.1. Dielectric Scatterers
3.1.1. Case A: Layout with an Implanted Antenna
3.1.2. Case B: Layout with Tumor Inclusion
3.2. Conducting Scatterers
3.2.1. Case C: Layout with Conducting Cylinders and a Matching Layer
3.2.2. Case D: Layout with Conducting Cylinders without a Matching Layer
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Layers | ||
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skin | 38 | 0.28 |
fat | 5.28 | 0.14 |
muscle | 52.79 | 0.24 |
antenna’s substrate | 11.7 | 0 |
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Tognolatti, L.; Ponti, C.; Schettini, G. Enhanced Scattering by Wearable Objects in Wireless Power Transfer Links: Case Studies. Mathematics 2024, 12, 2606. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12172606
Tognolatti L, Ponti C, Schettini G. Enhanced Scattering by Wearable Objects in Wireless Power Transfer Links: Case Studies. Mathematics. 2024; 12(17):2606. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12172606
Chicago/Turabian StyleTognolatti, Ludovica, Cristina Ponti, and Giuseppe Schettini. 2024. "Enhanced Scattering by Wearable Objects in Wireless Power Transfer Links: Case Studies" Mathematics 12, no. 17: 2606. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12172606