Miniature antennas embedded in electronic devices with micro-SD card form factor for telemedicine applications

Author

Hamouda, H. ; Le Thuc, Philippe ; Staraj, Robert ; Kossiavas, G.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´Electron. Antennes et Telecommun., Univ. of Nice, Sophia Antipolis, France

Volume

50

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

March 13 2014

Firstpage

429

Lastpage

431

Abstract

Two different types of inverted-F antennas which can be integrated into a micro-SD (μSD) card are presented. The antennas operate in the new band from 2.4835 to 2.5 GHz dedicated to medical applications. The volume available for the antenna in the μSD card is only 11 × 3 × 1 mm³. Performance in terms of bandwidth, the radiation efficiency and the gain of the two structures is compared and discussed. The μSD card is intended to fit multiple devices with different ground plane dimensions. As an example, the influence of the μSD card position on a standard printed circuit board of 100 × 40 mm² is also studied.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; memory cards; printed circuits; telemedicine; IFA; electronic devices; frequency 2.4835 GHz to 2.5 GHz; ground plane dimensions; inverted-F antennas; medical applications; micro SD card; miniature antennas; standard printed circuit board; telemedicine applications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2013.4081

Filename

6777143