Ultra-wideband printed-circuit array antenna for medical monitoring applications

Author

Lam, Hung-Jui ; Bornemann, Jens

Author_Institution

Wireless 2000 RF&UWB Technol. Ltd., Burnaby, BC, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

506

Lastpage

510

Abstract

A new ultra-wideband printed-circuit antenna structure for medical monitoring purpose is introduced. It consists of one single transmitting antenna and an array of receiving antennas in coplanar waveguide technology. In the transmit mode, the frequency of operation is between 3.4 GHz to 5.9 GHz. The receiving antenna array operates from 3.5 GHz to 4.8 GHz. Both bands show an input return loss better than 10 dB. Radiation patterns for both transmitting antenna and receiving array are presented at selected frequencies. The analysis method is verified against previous measurements.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; coplanar waveguides; microwave antenna arrays; patient monitoring; printed circuits; ultra wideband antennas; antenna radiation pattern; coplanar waveguide technology; frequency 3.4 GHz to 5.9 GHz; medical monitoring application; receiving antenna; transmitting antenna; ultra-wideband printed-circuit array antenna; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Biomedical monitoring; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; (UWB); Printed-circuit antennas; antenna array; coplanar technology; medical monitoring; ultra-wideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband, 2009. ICUWB 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2930-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2931-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2009.5288816

Filename

5288816