IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation · 2012 · 67 citations · 18 references
EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringElectrical EngineeringAntennasMicrowave EngineeringWireless CommunicationsAntenna DesignAntenna MeasurementAntenna RadiationMicrowave AntennasPlanar AntennasSmall AntennasAntenna Gain MeasurementFolded AntennasFolded Dipole AntennasImplantable Antenna DesignImplantable AntennasMaximum GainPhantom DevicesWireless Communication Systems
Implantable devices have been continually anticipated as a future tool for in-body wireless communication because of their potential to replace cable connectivity with biological telemetry monitoring. This paper presents an implanted compact folded antenna of 20.3 mm × 0.8 mm × 0.8 mm that is designed to operate at one of the UHF bands (0.951-0.956 GHz). The measurement is implemented with an equivalent human phantom such as layered phantom representing the human arm. When the proposed antenna is implanted into a human arm, it has a maximum antenna gain of -23.5 dBi and wireless communication is viable because the margin exceeds 20 dB, according to link budget calculations.
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