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2017-04-20
Multilayered Broadband Antenna for Compact Embedded Implantable Medical Devices: Design and Characterization
By
Aleix Garcia-Miquel,

    Dr. Aleix Garcia-Miquel

    Electronics Department

    University of Barcelona

    Spain

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Sergio Curto,

    Dr. Sergio Curto

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Kansas State University

    USA

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Neus Vidal,

    Dr. Neus Vidal

    Electronics

    University of Barcelona

    Spain

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Jose Maria Lopez-Villegas,

    Dr. Jose Maria Lopez-Villegas

    Electronics Department

    University of Barcelona

    Spain

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Francisco Manuel Ramos,

    Mr. Francisco Manuel Ramos

    Electronics Department

    University of Barcelona

    Spain

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Punit Prakash

    Dr. Punit Prakash

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Kansas State University

    USA

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 159, 1-13, 2017
doi:10.2528/PIER16121507
Abstract
Design and characterization of a multilayered compact implantable broadband antenna for wireless biotelemetry applications is presented in this paper. The main features of this novel design are miniaturized size, structure that allows integration of electronic circuits of the implantable medical device inside the antenna, and enhanced bandwidth that mitigates possible frequency detuning caused by heterogeneity of biological tissues. Using electromagnetic simulations based on the finite-difference time-domain method, the antenna geometry was optimized to operate in the 401-406 MHz Medical Device Radio communications service band. The proposed design was simulated implanted in a muscle tissue cuboid phantom and implanted in the arm, head, and chest of a high-resolution whole-body anatomical numerical model of an adult human male. The antenna was fabricated using low-temperature co-fired ceramic technology. Measurements validated simulation results for the antenna implanted in muscle tissue cuboid phantom. The proposed compact antenna, with dimensions of 14 mm × 16 mm × 2 mm, presented a -10 dB bandwidth of 103 MHz and 92 MHz for simulations and measurements, respectively. The proposed antenna allows integration of electronic circuit up to 10 mm × 10 mm × 0.5 mm. Specific absorption rate distributions, antenna input power, radiation pattern and the transmission channel between the proposed antenna and a half-wavelength dipole were evaluated.
Citation
Aleix Garcia-Miquel, Sergio Curto, Neus Vidal, Jose Maria Lopez-Villegas, Francisco Manuel Ramos, and Punit Prakash, "Multilayered Broadband Antenna for Compact Embedded Implantable Medical Devices: Design and Characterization," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 159, 1-13, 2017.
doi:10.2528/PIER16121507
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