• DocumentCode
    17541
  • Title

    Flexible meandered loop antenna for implants in MedRadio and ISM bands

  • Author

    Alrawashdeh, Rula ; Huang, Yi-Pai ; Cao, Pan

  • Author_Institution
    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    November 21 2013
  • Firstpage
    1515
  • Lastpage
    1517
  • Abstract
    A flexible meandered loop antenna is proposed, designed and realised for small cylindrical implantable devices. This antenna covers the Medical Device Radiocommunications Service (MedRadio) and the 433-434 MHz industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) bands, and is probably the smallest reported flexible implantable antenna that covers these bands. This antenna has shown a robust performance in the presence of implant internal components and has a realised gain of -28.4 dBi inside a model of a human upper arm.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2013.3035
  • Filename
    6680406