Title :
Design of an implantable antenna to acquire physiological signals in rats
Author :
Islam, Shahidul M. ; Esselle, Karu P. ; Bull, David ; Pilowsky, Paul M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
A miniaturized partially-folded planar inverted F-antenna (PF-PIFA) is proposed for a wireless physiological data acquisition system, being developed for small rodents including rats. The system operates in the Australian 900MHz ISM band (915-928 MHz). The overall size of the antenna is 26×19×4.4mm3 and it has been designed to be implanted just under the skin of a rat. The 10dB return-loss bandwidth of the antenna is 2.8%, which is sufficient for this telemetry system. The RF link distance between the implanted and external antennas is assumed to be less than 2m.
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; data acquisition; physiology; planar inverted-F antennas; prosthetics; skin; telemedicine; Australian ISM band; PF-PIFA; RF link distance; external antennas; frequency 915 MHz to 928 MHz; implantable antenna design; miniaturized partially-folded planar inverted F-antenna; rat physiological signals; return-loss bandwidth; skin; telemetry system; wireless physiological data acquisition system; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Feeds; Impedance; Skin; Telemetry;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6349413
