An Implantable Antenna Design for an Intelligent Health Monitoring System Considering the Relative Permittivity and Conductivity of the Human Body

In this paper, an intelligent health monitoring system based on body-centric wireless communications is studied, and implantable antennas are investigated. To design antennas for an intelligent health monitoring system, the effects of the relative permittivity and conductivity of a human body equiva...

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Main Authors: Yang Li, Licheng Yang, Wenqing Duan, Xiaonan Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8673558/
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spelling doaj-d8e0feeaa43944b886ab689ad9084ac02021-04-05T16:58:58ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362019-01-017382363824410.1109/ACCESS.2019.28992428673558An Implantable Antenna Design for an Intelligent Health Monitoring System Considering the Relative Permittivity and Conductivity of the Human BodyYang Li0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-8161Licheng Yang1Wenqing Duan2Xiaonan Zhao3Tianjin Key Laboratory of Wireless Mobile Communications and Power Transmission, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, ChinaTianjin Key Laboratory of Wireless Mobile Communications and Power Transmission, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, ChinaTianjin Key Laboratory of Wireless Mobile Communications and Power Transmission, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, ChinaTianjin Key Laboratory of Wireless Mobile Communications and Power Transmission, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, ChinaIn this paper, an intelligent health monitoring system based on body-centric wireless communications is studied, and implantable antennas are investigated. To design antennas for an intelligent health monitoring system, the effects of the relative permittivity and conductivity of a human body equivalent liquid on an implantable antenna are investigated via electromagnetic analysis. Two types of capsule antennas, an isolated type capsule antenna, and a surface type capsule antenna, are investigated and compared. An inner-layer implantable capsule dipole antenna with the characteristics of both a large effective electrical length and a small transmission loss is proposed. The methodology of the designed capsule antenna that obtains a maximum received power at 500 MHz by changing the internal impedance is also presented.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8673558/Intelligent body healthcare managementimplantable antennarelative permittivityconductivitytransmission characteristic
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author Yang Li
Licheng Yang
Wenqing Duan
Xiaonan Zhao
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Licheng Yang
Wenqing Duan
Xiaonan Zhao
An Implantable Antenna Design for an Intelligent Health Monitoring System Considering the Relative Permittivity and Conductivity of the Human Body
IEEE Access
Intelligent body healthcare management
implantable antenna
relative permittivity
conductivity
transmission characteristic
author_facet Yang Li
Licheng Yang
Wenqing Duan
Xiaonan Zhao
author_sort Yang Li
title An Implantable Antenna Design for an Intelligent Health Monitoring System Considering the Relative Permittivity and Conductivity of the Human Body
title_short An Implantable Antenna Design for an Intelligent Health Monitoring System Considering the Relative Permittivity and Conductivity of the Human Body
title_full An Implantable Antenna Design for an Intelligent Health Monitoring System Considering the Relative Permittivity and Conductivity of the Human Body
title_fullStr An Implantable Antenna Design for an Intelligent Health Monitoring System Considering the Relative Permittivity and Conductivity of the Human Body
title_full_unstemmed An Implantable Antenna Design for an Intelligent Health Monitoring System Considering the Relative Permittivity and Conductivity of the Human Body
title_sort implantable antenna design for an intelligent health monitoring system considering the relative permittivity and conductivity of the human body
publisher IEEE
series IEEE Access
issn 2169-3536
publishDate 2019-01-01
description In this paper, an intelligent health monitoring system based on body-centric wireless communications is studied, and implantable antennas are investigated. To design antennas for an intelligent health monitoring system, the effects of the relative permittivity and conductivity of a human body equivalent liquid on an implantable antenna are investigated via electromagnetic analysis. Two types of capsule antennas, an isolated type capsule antenna, and a surface type capsule antenna, are investigated and compared. An inner-layer implantable capsule dipole antenna with the characteristics of both a large effective electrical length and a small transmission loss is proposed. The methodology of the designed capsule antenna that obtains a maximum received power at 500 MHz by changing the internal impedance is also presented.
topic Intelligent body healthcare management
implantable antenna
relative permittivity
conductivity
transmission characteristic
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8673558/
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