Dual-band microstrip patch antenna based on short-circuited ring and spiral resonators for implantable medical devices
Journal article, 2010

Along this document, an innovative dual band microstrip patch antenna is proposed for implantable medical devices. Particularly, the covered bands are MICS (402-405 MHz) and ISM (2.4-2.48 GHz). The antenna has a multilayer configuration where the feeding line and the radiating elements are located at different levels. The radiating elements of the antenna are a split ring resonator (SRR) coupled to a Spiral. Both elements are short-circuited to the ground plane to achieve size reduction. In addition, the effects of human body geometry and dielectric properties on the characteristics of the proposed design are studied. Three models of the human body are investigated: one-layer, three-layer and a realistic human body based on the Voxel Man dataset. Finally, simulated results have been validated by measuring return losses of the antenna embedded in mimicking gels, radiation patterns (in anechoic chamber) and radiation efficiency (in reverberation chamber).

inverted-f antenna

design

reverberation chambers

model

dielectric-properties

biological tissues

human-body

ghz

skin

biotelemetry

Author

C. J. Sanchez-Fernandez

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Oscar Quevedo Teruel

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

J. Requena-Carrion

Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC)

L. Inclan-Sanchez

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)

Eva Rajo

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

1751-8725 (ISSN) 17518733 (eISSN)

Vol. 4 8 1048-1055 IMAPCH000004000008001048000001

Subject Categories

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1049/iet-map.2009.0594

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