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Miniaturized meander-line dual-band implantable antenna for biotelemetry applications

  • Rajagopal Kangeyan (Department of Communication Engineering, School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology) ;
  • Madurakavi Karthikeyan (Department of Communication Engineering, School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology)
  • Received : 2023.02.10
  • Accepted : 2023.05.30
  • Published : 2024.06.20
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Abstract

A dual-band bio-implantable compact antenna with a meander-line structure is presented. The proposed meander-line antenna resonates at the industrial, scientific, and medical (2.4 GHz) and wireless medical telemetry (1.4 GHz) bands. The meander-line structure is selected as a radiating patch given its versatile and effective design. With a dimension of only 10 mm × 10 mm × 0.635 mm, the designed antenna is compact. Considering a skin phantom, the proposed antenna was designed, optimized, and simulated. The Rogers RT/duroid 6010 substrate material with high dielectric constant was used to fabricate the meander-line dual-band implantable antenna, which was validated experimentally. The superstrate was made of the same material. Experiments were conducted on skin-mimicking gel. The designed meander-line antenna has a high peak gain of -21 dBi at 2.4 GHz, and its maximum specific absorption rate is compliant with IEEE safety standards.

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