Implantable CPW fed slot monopole antenna for biomedical applications

Author

Kumar, S. Akhil ; Shanmuganantham, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Pondicherry Univ., Pondicherry, India

fYear

2012

fDate

18-20 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, an implanted CPW fed slot monopole antenna for ISM band applications is proposed. The antenna has a simple structure with low profile and is placed on human tissues like Muscle, Fat and Skin. The designed antenna is made compatible for implantation by embedding it in a FR4. The proposed antenna is simulated with help of method of moment´s software IE3D by assuming the predetermined dielectric constant for the human muscle tissue, fat and skin. The antenna works in the short distance communication band (Electronic Communications Committee approved the frequency band - 688 MHz) and Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM Bands, 2.43GHz). Simulated maximum gains attain -18dBi and -14.77dBi in the two desired frequency ranges, respectively. The return loss, VSWR, radiation pattern, Z-parameter and current distribution of these antennas were examined and characterized.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; biomedical telemetry; coplanar waveguides; monopole antennas; muscle; skin; slot antennas; Electronic Communications Committee; FR4; IE3D method of moment software; ISM band applications; VSWR; Z-parameter; biomedical applications; current distribution; dielectric constant; fat; frequency 2.43 GHz; frequency 688 MHz; human tissues; implantable CPW fed slot monopole antenna; industrial-scientific-medical band; muscle; radiation pattern; return loss; short-distance communication band; skin; Biomedical Applications; Coplanar Wave Guide Structure; ISM Band (2.4–2.48 GHz);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence & Computing Research (ICCIC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coimbatore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1342-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCIC.2012.6510204

Filename

6510204