Title :
New wideband tunable printed antennas for medical applications
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Ort Braude Coll., Karmiel, Israel
Abstract :
Biomedical industry is in continuous growth in the last decade. Low profile compact tunable antennas are crucial in the development of wearable human biomedical systems. The antenna resonant frequency may be tuned by using a varactor to compensate variations in antenna resonant frequency at different locations on the body. Design considerations, computed and measured results on the human body of wideband printed antennas with high efficiency at 434MHz are presented in this paper. The proposed antenna may be used in Medicare systems.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; biomedical equipment; broadband antennas; microstrip antennas; varactors; wearable antennas; antenna resonant frequency tuning; biomedical industry; frequency 434 MHz; low profile compact tunable antenna; medical application; medicare system; varactor; wearable human biomedical system; wideband tunable printed antenna; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Resonant frequency; Varactors;
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.2012.6349023
