Shorted helix antenna for ingestible medical device applications

Author

Hyungsang Park ; Jaehoon Choi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2013

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1175

Lastpage

1177

Abstract

In this article, a shorted helix antenna for an ingestible medical device applications is proposed. To investigate the performance of the antenna in an in-body environment, the antenna in the human-equivalent flat phantom is analyzed through simulation and measurement. The antenna is characteristic of wideband (386 ~ 409 MHz) covering MICS band. Radiation patterns have quasi-omnidirectional characteristic. In various organs, the antenna is characteristic not only of the return loss covering MICS band but also of quasi-omnidirectional radiation patterns.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; biomedical communication; helical antennas; omnidirectional antennas; MICS band; human-equivalent flat phantom; in-body environment; ingestible medical device; organs; quasi-omnidirectional characteristic; quasi-omnidirectional radiation patterns; radiation patterns; return loss; shorted helix antenna; wideband characteristic; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Helical antennas; Intestines; Loss measurement; Microwave integrated circuits; Phantoms; WBAN; ingestible medical-device; quasi-omnidirectional radiation pattern; various organs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2013 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Seoul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2013.6695061

Filename

6695061