Implantable 400MHz PIFA for bio-telemetry system

M. Shahidul Islam, K. P. Esselle, L. Matekovits

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Abstract

A miniaturized implantable antenna, to be implanted in small animal, designed for Medical Implantable Communications Services (MICS), is presented in this paper. The proximity couple-fed technique is applied to enhance the bandwidth of the antenna to overcome the out-of-band probability of the antenna due to frequency detuning by the surrounding tissue and encapsulation. The aim of this research is to transmit the extracted physiological signals from the body of a small animal wirelessly to an external RFID reader (400MHz) connected to a computer via USB cable. The overall dimensions of the antenna are 32mm×22mm×4mm and the ground plane of RFID tag is utilized to improve the performance of the antenna. Animal tissue model has been developed and the antenna is encapsulated by a bio-compatible material before putting it in this model. Effect of encapsulation material is explored in this paper which may be utilized to retune the antenna if needed. The predicted bandwidth of the proposed implanted antenna is found as approximately 8%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages537-540
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479978069, 9781479978052
ISBN (Print)9781479978076
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Oct 2015
Event17th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015 - Torino, Italy
Duration: 7 Sept 201511 Sept 2015

Other

Other17th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTorino
Period7/09/1511/09/15

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