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Compact wideband folded strip monopole antenna for brain stroke detection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2020

Payal Bhardwaj  and
Ritesh Kumar Badhai Open the ORCID record for Ritesh Kumar Badhai [Opens in a new window]
Payal Bhardwaj
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Deoghar Campus, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India
Ritesh Kumar Badhai*
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Patna Campus, Patna, Bihar, India
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Author for correspondence: Ritesh Kumar Badhai, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper introduces the CPW fed monopole antenna operating at multiple frequencies covering Ultra High Frequency (UHF) bands, suitable for biomedical applications. The planar antenna structure comprises an open loop and a dual folded monopole of optimized length. The antenna exhibits ultra-wideband frequency of operation ranges from 740 MHz to 4.02 GHz covering the frequency bands suitable for head imaging and heart failure detection. The proposed antenna has a compact size of 0.098λ × 0.079λ × 0.019λ where λ indicates wavelength corresponding to the lowest operating frequency. The antenna is further simulated on the human head model to corroborate applications for brain stroke detection. The specific absorption rate (SAR) value of the proposed antenna is compliant with SAR requirements set by IEEE standards. To experimentally verify the parameters of the proposed antenna design, the antenna is tested on the brain tissue model prepared by materials having dielectric properties like human brain tissue. The peak gain of the antenna, when tested on the human phantom, is 6.8 dBi.

Keywords

Body area network (BAN)brain stroke detectionbrain tissue modelspecific absorption rate (SAR)ultra-wideband antenna (UWB)
Type
Antenna Design, Modelling and Measurements
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 13 , Issue 9 , November 2021 , pp. 937 - 946
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the European Microwave Association

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