Characterization and Testing of a Skin Mimicking Material for Implantable Antennas Operating at ISM Band (2.4 GHz-2.48 GHz)

Author

Yilmaz, Tuba ; Karacolak, Tutku ; Topsakal, Erdem

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS

Volume

7

fYear

2008

fDate

6/30/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

418

Lastpage

420

Abstract

In this study, we present a simple recipe for a skin mimicking material intended for in vitro testing of implantable antennas operating at Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) (2.4 GHz2.48 GHz) band. The material is composed of de-ionized water, Triton X-100, and Diethylene Glycol Butyl Ether (DGBE). The relative dielectric constant and conductivity of the proposed material are within 0.5% and 3.4% of the properties of the reference human skin from the literature in the entire ISM band. In order to test the transmission characteristics of the material, in vitro measurements of a dual-band antenna are performed.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna testing; biomedical telemetry; radiotelemetry; skin; Triton X-100; deionized water; diethylene glycol butyl ether; frequency 2.4 GHz to 2.48 GHz; human skin; implantable antenna testing; relative dielectric constant; skin mimicking material; wireless telemetry system; Diethylene Glycol Butyl Ether (DGBE); Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) band; implantable antenna; polyethylene glycol mono phenyl ether (Triton X-100); skin mimicking material;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2008.2001736

Filename

4550729