Design, realization and measurements of a miniature antenna for implantable wireless communication systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3544-3555

  Merli, Francesco ^a   Bolomey, Léandre ^a   Zürcher, Jean François ^a   Corradini, Giancarlo ^a   Meurville, Eric ^a   Skrivervik, Anja K ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biocompatible antenna; dual band; implanted antennas; Medical Device Radiocommunication Service (MedRadio); miniature antenna; multilayered PIFA; spiral antenna

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBLE ANTENNA; DUAL BAND; MEDICAL DEVICES; MINIATURE ANTENNA; MULTI-LAYERED;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DESIGN; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; RADIATORS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 80053625568     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2163763     Document Type: Article

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