Wearable flexible antenna for UWB on-body and implant communications |
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Author: | Särestöniemi, Mariella1,2; Sonkki, Marko2; Myllymäki, Sami3; |
Organizations: |
1Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland 2Centre for Wireless Communications, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, 90570 Oulu, Finland 3Microelectronics Research Unit, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, 90570 Oulu, Finland
4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USA
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Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 52.5 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021101851330 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,
2021
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Publish Date: | 2021-10-18 |
Description: |
AbstractThis paper describes the development and evaluation of an on-body flexible antenna designed for an in-body application, as well as on-body communications at ISM and UWB frequency bands. The evaluation is performed via electromagnetic simulations using the Dassault Simulia CST Studio Suite. A planar tissue layer model, as well as a human voxel model from the human abdominal area, are used to study the antenna characteristics next to human tissues. Power flow analysis is presented to understand the power flow on the body surface as well as within the tissues. Simulation results show that this wearable flexible antenna is suitable for in-body communications in the intestinal area, e.g., for capsule endoscopy, in the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band and at lower ultra-wideband (UWB). At higher frequencies, the antenna is suitable for on-body communications as well as in-body communications with lower propagation depth requirements. Additionally, an antenna prototype has been prepared and the antenna performance is verified with several on-body measurements. The measurement results show a good match with the simulation results. The novelty of the proposed antenna is a compact size and the flexible substrate material, which makes it feasible and practical for several different medical diagnosis and monitoring applications. see all
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Series: |
Telecom |
ISSN: | 2673-4001 |
ISSN-E: | 2673-4001 |
ISSN-L: | 2673-4001 |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 285 - 301 |
DOI: | 10.3390/telecom2030019 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.3390/telecom2030019 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics |
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Funding: |
This research was partially funded by Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, and supported by Academy of Finland 6Genesis Flagship (grant 318927), with the European Union Horizon 2020 programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement (No. 872752). |
EU Grant Number: |
(872752) ROVER - RELIABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND MODELS FOR VERIFIED WIRELESS BODY-CENTRIC TRANSMISSION AND LOCALIZATION |
Copyright information: |
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |