Bandwidth enhancement of planar inverted-F antenna for implantable biotelemetry

A compact planar inverted‐F antenna (PIFA) consisted of two meandered strips with bandwidth enhancement technique is proposed for implantable biotelemetry in MICS band. The antenna occupies a volume of only 791 mm3 (22.5 mm by 18.5 mm by 1.9 mm) operating at 402 MHz. PIFA with two meandered strips can excite dual‐resonate frequencies that control the resonant frequencies at 380 and 440 MHz, respectively, to obtain the broad bandwidth of 120 MHz (353–473 MHz) at a return loss of 10 dB. To verify the performance of implantable antenna, the test tissue is adopted as implanting environment by grinding the pork of front‐leg. Furthermore, the property of this antenna can remain consistency against the varying and complex human tissue. Thus, this letter provides a miniature, broadband implantable PIFA for biotelemetry of medical devices. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 749–752, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24189