Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2010, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, October 18-20, 2010. Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Microstrip Antenna Arrays for Implantable and Wearable Wireless Applications

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-20865-2_18,
        author={Daniel Rucker and Haider Khaleel and Sunny Raheem and Hussain Al-Rizzo},
        title={Microstrip Antenna Arrays for Implantable and Wearable Wireless Applications},
        proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2010, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, October 18-20, 2010. Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={Implantable and Wearable Antenna Microstrip Antenna Array MIMO},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-20865-2_18}
    }
    
  • Daniel Rucker
    Haider Khaleel
    Sunny Raheem
    Hussain Al-Rizzo
    Year: 2012
    Microstrip Antenna Arrays for Implantable and Wearable Wireless Applications
    MOBIHEALTH
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20865-2_18
Daniel Rucker1,*, Haider Khaleel1,*, Sunny Raheem1,*, Hussain Al-Rizzo1,*
  • 1: University of Arkansas at Little Rock
*Contact email: dxrucker@ualr.edu, hrkhaleel@ualr.edu, ssraheem@ualr.edu, hmalrizzo@ualr.edu

Abstract

Flexible microstrip antenna arrays have become a necessity in today’s miniaturized biomedical wireless devices. Implantable and wearable biomedical devices such as pacemakers, drug delivery systems, heart rate monitors, and respiratory monitors need to communicate with exterior base station devices and relayed to healthcare professionals. In this paper, multiple flexible microstrip antenna arrays are designed and simulated for these applications. The frequency bands of 5.2 GHz and 5.8 GHz are utilized to provide a high bandwidth communication link. CST Microwave Studio was used for the modeling and simulation of the antennas. The reflection coefficient, gain, and correlation coefficient for each antenna are presented and discussed. The presented antennas can be utilized together as an array for enhanced gain or independently in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system.