Broadband zigzag corrugated taper slot antenna for heart failure detection systems

Author

Ahdi Rezaeieh, S. ; Abbosh, Amin

Author_Institution

Sch. of ITEE, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

fYear

2014

fDate

4-6 March 2014

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

179

Abstract

A broadband unidirectional zigzag corrugated taper slot antenna for heart failure detection system is presented. A novel type of corrugation is used to keep the taper slot compact and provide a broad operating bandwidth. The antenna, which has the compact size of 0.22 λ × 0.26 λ (λ is the wavelength of the first resonance of the antenna, covers the band 650-916 MHz which is used in microwave-based heart failure detection. The antenna provides a stable gain of 1.6 dBi over its bandwidth with a stable unidirectional and symmetrical radiation pattern.

Keywords

UHF antennas; biomedical communication; broadband antennas; cardiology; patient diagnosis; slot antennas; broadband unidirectional zigzag corrugated taper slot antenna; gain 1.6 dB; microwave-based heart failure detection system; symmetrical radiation pattern stability; unidirectional radiation pattern stability; Broadband antennas; Microwave antennas; Microwave circuits; Microwave imaging; Slot antennas; broadband antenna; heart failure detection system; taper slot antenna; unidirectional antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology: "Small Antennas, Novel EM Structures and Materials, and Applications" (iWAT), 2014 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2014.6958631

Filename

6958631