Title :
An implantable miniature microstrip disk antenna
Author :
Salama, Robert S. ; Liyanapathirana, Ranjith ; Gunawardana, Upul ; Kharkovsky, Sergey
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Eng. & Math., Univ. of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
In this paper a miniature microstrip disk antenna with a superstrate is studied for implantable antennas application. The performances of two antenna designs, one loaded with a superstrate of different thicknesses t, and another also loaded with superstrate but of a reduced size have been investigated. It is shown that the further miniaturized antenna with superstrate provided acceptable results for the magnitude of the reflection coefficient and the radiation efficiency.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave reflection; microstrip antennas; antenna design; implantable antennas applica- tion; miniature microstrip disk antenna; radiation efficiency; reflection coefficient; Antenna measurements; Dielectric constant; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Substrates;
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.2012.6349414
