Bandwidth enhancement and size reduction of an implantable PIFA antenna for biotelemetry devices

By means of embedding hook‐shaped slots at the edges of the radiating patches for a stacked planar inverted‐F antenna (PIFA), functions of bandwidth enhancement and size reduction can be achieved for suitable use in implantable biotelemetry devices. The designed antenna with overall size of only 8 ×...

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Published inMicrowave and optical technology letters Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 755 - 757
Main Authors Liu, Wen-Chung, Chen, Ssu-Hung, Wu, Chao-Ming
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2009
Subjects
biotelemetry communication
implantable antenna
MICS
PIFA
wideband
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Summary:By means of embedding hook‐shaped slots at the edges of the radiating patches for a stacked planar inverted‐F antenna (PIFA), functions of bandwidth enhancement and size reduction can be achieved for suitable use in implantable biotelemetry devices. The designed antenna with overall size of only 8 × 8 × 1.9 mm3 provides a monopole‐like radiation pattern, a radiation efficiency of 0.55%, and a wide −10 dB impedance bandwidth of 122 MHz covering the 402–405 MHz medical‐implant‐communication‐service (MICS) frequency band. Comparing with the reported most compact antennas, the proposed design obtains not only 144% wider bandwidth but also 36% more compact structure size. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 755–757, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24142
Bibliography:National Science Council, Republic of China - No. NSC 96-2221-E-150-001
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ISSN:0895-2477
1098-2760
DOI:10.1002/mop.24142