An implantable Hilbert PIFA antenna for RFID based telemetry

Author

Islam, Md Shariful ; Esselle, Karu P. ; Matekovits, Ladislau ; Bull, David ; Pilowsky, Paul M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci., Dept. of Eng., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2013

fDate

9-13 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

790

Lastpage

793

Abstract

In this paper, a Hilbert planar inverted F-antenna (H-PIFA) is presented that has been designed to be functional in the Australian 900MHz ISM band (915-928 MHz). The antenna is intended to be attached to an RFID PCB board which is further implanted under the skin of laboratory rats. The overall dimensions of the antenna including the ground plane are 25×25×7.6 mm³. Although the bandwidth of the antenna is only ~3%, the total efficiency is around 60% which is significant for implantable antennas. Return loss, impedance bandwidth and radiation patterns have been investigated and found being useful for a short range (2~3m) RFID telemetry link.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; impedance matching; planar inverted-F antennas; printed circuits; radio links; radiofrequency identification; radiotelemetry; Australian ISM band; H-PIFA; Hilbert planar inverted F-antenna; RFID PCB board; RFID based telemetry; RFID telemetry link; antenna bandwidth; bandwidth 900 MHz; bandwidth 915 MHz to 928 MHz; ground plane; impedance bandwidth; implantable Hilbert PIFA antenna; laboratory rats; radiation patterns; return loss; Antenna radiation patterns; Materials; Radiofrequency identification; Reflector antennas; Skin; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5705-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2013.6632349

Filename

6632349