Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A Compact Wideband Flexible Antenna for Wireless Medical Telemetry Services

  • Published:
Wireless Personal Communications Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In this paper, a planar small size coplanar waveguide (CPW)-fed wideband antenna is presented for wearable applications. The antenna operates for 1395–1400 MHz and 1427–1432 MHz wireless medical telemetry service (WMTS) bands. The center frequencies of the two bands are 1397.5 MHz and 1429.5 MHz. The antenna occupies a volume of 48 mm × 52 mm × 0.8 mm. The simulated and measured reflection coefficients, radiation patterns and gain are calculated and found to be in good agreement, validating the proposed antenna design. The simulation results for SAR and bending are also presented to demonstrate that the proposed antenna operates within the approved limits and can be fabricated on a flexible substrate.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11
Fig. 12
Fig. 13
Fig. 14
Fig. 15
Fig. 16
Fig. 17

Similar content being viewed by others

Availability of Data and Material

Not applicable.

Code Availability

Not applicable.

References

  1. Paracha, K. N., Abdul Rahim, S. K., Soh, P. J., & Khalily, M. (2019). Wearable antennas: A review of materials, structures, and innovative features for autonomous communication and sensing. IEEE Access, 7, 56694–56712.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Corchia, L., Monti, G., De Benedetto, E., & Tarricone, L. (2017). Wearable antennas for remote health care monitoring systems. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2017, 1–11.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Negra, R., Jemili, I., & Belghith, A. (2016). Wireless body area networks: Applications and technologies. Procedia Computer Science, 83, 1274–1281.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Yuce M. R. & Ho C. K. (2008). Implementation of body area networks based on MICS/WMTS medical bands for healthcare systems. Annual international conference of the IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society (pp. 3417–3421).

  5. Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS) | Federal Communications Commission. [Online]. Available: https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/wireless-medical-telemetry-service-wmts. Accessed 03 July 2019.

  6. Werner, D. H., & Jiang, Z. H. (2016). Electromagnetics of body area networks : antennas, propagation, and RF systems. Wiley.

  7. Chi, Y.-J., & Chen, F.-C. (2014). On-body adhesive-bandage-like antenna for wireless medical telemetry service. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 62(5), 2472–2480.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Vijayshanth D., Mohana, & Aradhya H. V. R. (2018). Design and analysis of compact printed circuit antenna for wireless medical telemetry service. In RTEICT 2017 - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics, Information & Communication Technology, Proceedings (Vol. 2018, pp. 1139–1142).

  9. Xia, Z., & Li, H. (2018). Miniaturized dual-Band implantable antenna. In 2018 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, ICMMT 2018 - Proceedings (pp. 1–3).

  10. Kadry, M., El Atrash, M., & Abdalla, M. A. (2018). Design of an ultra-thin compact flexible dual-band antenna for wearable applications. In 2018 IEEE international symposium on antennas and propagation and USNC-URSI radio science meeting APSURSI 2018 - Proceedings (Vol. 1, pp. 1949–1950).

  11. Soontornpipit, P., & Satitvipawee, P. (2018). Design and development of a dual-band PIFA antenna for wireless biotelemetry applications. In iEECON 2018 - 6th international electrical engineering congress (pp. 1–4).

  12. Hossain, S., Jui, N. N., Hossain, M. F., & Morshed, K. M. (2018). A simple triple-band antenna for implantable biomedical application. In 5th IEEE region 10 humanitarian technology conference 2017, R10-HTC 2017 (Vol. 2018, pp. 564–568).

  13. Body, O., & Unit, C. (2018). Triple-band Electrically Coupled Loop Antenna (ECLA) for biomedical implantation purposes 2018. In 35th national radio science conference (pp. 475–480).

  14. Sajjad, H., Sethi, W. T., Khan, S., & Jan, L. (2018). Compact dual-band implantable antenna for E-health monitoring. In 2017 international symposium on wireless communication systems networks, ISWSN 2017 (Vol. 2018, pp. 1–4).

  15. Kumar S. A., & Shanmuganantham T. (2012). Implantable CPW fed dual folded dipole antenna for biomedical applications. In 2012 3rd International Conference on Computing, Communications and Networking Technologies ICCCNT 2012 (pp. 2–6).

  16. Watanabe, T., & Iwasaki H. (2012). Wearable finger multiband antenna for BAN use. In Proceedings 6th European conference antennas propagation, EuCAP 2012, (pp. 3106–3109).

  17. Ahdi Rezaeieh, S., Abbosh, A., & Antoniades, M. A. (2013). Compact CPW-fed planar monopole antenna with wide circular polarization bandwidth. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 12, 1295–1298.

  18. “CST Studio Suite – 3D EM analysis software - SIMULIA by Dassault Systèmes®.” [Online]. Available: https://www.cst.com/products/csts2. Accessed 09 May 2019.

  19. Mendes, C., & Peixeiro, C. (2017). A dual-mode single-band wearable microstrip antenna for body area networks. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 16, 3055–3058.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Zhang, J., Yan, S., & Vandenbosch, G. A. E. (2017). A miniature feeding network for aperture-coupled wearable antennas. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 65(5), 2650–2654.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Potey, P. M., & Tuckley, K. (2020). Design of wearable textile antenna for low back radiation. Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Appllications, 34(2), 235–245.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. IEEE SCC39. IEEE Std C95.1 - 2005 IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz, vol. 2005, April. 2005.

Download references

Funding

This work was supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Visiting Advance Joint Research (VAJRA) Scheme, Govt. of India (Grant No. VJR/2019/000009), 22 July 2020.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India

    Hari Singh, Binod Kumar Kanaujia & Kunal Srivastava

  2. Department of Electronics, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110021, India

    Hari Singh

  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 603203, India

    Sachin Kumar

Authors
  1. Hari Singh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Binod Kumar Kanaujia
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Sachin Kumar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Kunal Srivastava
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

HS and BKK conceived the experiment, HS, KS and SK conducted the experiment, HS, BKK and analysed and interpreted the results. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sachin Kumar.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Singh, H., Kanaujia, B.K., Kumar, S. et al. A Compact Wideband Flexible Antenna for Wireless Medical Telemetry Services. Wireless Pers Commun 123, 2393–2411 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-021-09246-w

Download citation

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-021-09246-w

Keywords

Search

Navigation