- Title
- UWB antenna impedance matching in biomedical implants
- Creator
- Dissanayake, Tharaka; Esselle, Karu P.; Yuce, Mehmet
- Relation
- 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 2009 (EuCAP 2009). Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009 (Berlin, Germany 23-27 March, 2009) p. 3523-3526
- Relation
- http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/srchabstract.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5068354
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology has been considered for the physical layer in recently proposed IEEE 802.15 standard (TG6) for wireless body area networks. Wireless links covered by this standard will operate in UWB unlicensed band with antennas on implanted devices having small form factors. Except for those installed on-body and on external receivers, the antenna will be operating in-body, surrounded by body tissue. Body tissues have high dielectric constants and are highly dissipative. Once implanted beneath multiple layers of tissue, the device, which is expected to be consuming very low power, experience heavy losses in its transmission and reception path. Therefore, it is essential that antenna losses, both mismatch and resistive, are minimised. In this paper we will demonstrate a method to minimize antenna mismatch losses by loading the antenna with insulating material.
- Subject
- biomedical communication; body area networks; impedance matching; insulating materials; ultra wideband antennas; prosthetics; permittivity
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/918994
- Identifier
- uon:8757
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783000245732
- Rights
- Copyright © 2009 IEEE. Reprinted from Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of University of Newcastle's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
- Language
- eng
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