An Integrated On-Chip Implantable Antenna in 0.18-μm CMOS Technology for Biomedical Applications

Changrong Liu; Yong-Xin Guo; Xueguan Liu; Shaoqiu Xiao

doi:10.1109/TAP.2016.2518201

An Integrated On-Chip Implantable Antenna in 0.18-μm CMOS Technology for Biomedical Applications

Changrong Liu, Yong-Xin Guo^*, Xueguan Liu, Shaoqiu Xiao

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

27 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A differentially driven miniaturized integrated on-chip implantable antenna with a total area of 1.4 × 1.8 mm² is designed and tested for biomedical applications in this communication. The antenna is fabricated on the 0.18 μ m standard CMOS technology to make it be easily integrated with a transmitter designed using the same process. The proposed antenna is firstly optimized in a one-layer skin model. CST voxel human head model is used to evaluate the accuracy of the design concept. The simulated reflection coefficient and coupling strength are studied and compared in two simulation models. A simple dipole antenna is placed over the skin to demonstrate the communication link. A chip-to-SMA transition is designed for testing. The simulated and measured results are well agreed, which demonstrates the communication ability of the proposed antenna. The effect of various issues in the measurement setup is discussed. © 2016 IEEE.

Original language	English
Article number	7383258
Pages (from-to)	1167-1172
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume	64
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2016.2518201
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2016
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Publication details (e.g. title, author(s), publication statuses and dates) are captured on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis at the time of record harvesting from the data source. Suggestions for further amendments or supplementary information can be sent to [email protected].

Research Keywords

and medical (ISM)
Implantable antenna
industrial
on-chip antenna
scientific
small antenna

Access Output

10.1109/TAP.2016.2518201

Other Access Options

Check CityUHK Library

Permanent Link

Right click to copy link

Cite this

@article{b1162d72aaef4dba8a42c30930769b9c,

title = "An Integrated On-Chip Implantable Antenna in 0.18-μm CMOS Technology for Biomedical Applications",

abstract = "A differentially driven miniaturized integrated on-chip implantable antenna with a total area of 1.4 × 1.8 mm2 is designed and tested for biomedical applications in this communication. The antenna is fabricated on the 0.18 μ m standard CMOS technology to make it be easily integrated with a transmitter designed using the same process. The proposed antenna is firstly optimized in a one-layer skin model. CST voxel human head model is used to evaluate the accuracy of the design concept. The simulated reflection coefficient and coupling strength are studied and compared in two simulation models. A simple dipole antenna is placed over the skin to demonstrate the communication link. A chip-to-SMA transition is designed for testing. The simulated and measured results are well agreed, which demonstrates the communication ability of the proposed antenna. The effect of various issues in the measurement setup is discussed. {\textcopyright} 2016 IEEE.",

keywords = "and medical (ISM), Implantable antenna, industrial, on-chip antenna, scientific, small antenna",

author = "Changrong Liu and Yong-Xin Guo and Xueguan Liu and Shaoqiu Xiao",

note = "Publication details (e.g. title, author(s), publication statuses and dates) are captured on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis at the time of record harvesting from the data source. Suggestions for further amendments or supplementary information can be sent to [email protected].",

year = "2016",

month = mar,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1109/TAP.2016.2518201",

language = "English",

volume = "64",

pages = "1167--1172",

journal = "IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation",

issn = "0018-926X",

publisher = "IEEE",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - An Integrated On-Chip Implantable Antenna in 0.18-μm CMOS Technology for Biomedical Applications

AU - Liu, Changrong

AU - Guo, Yong-Xin

AU - Liu, Xueguan

AU - Xiao, Shaoqiu

N1 - Publication details (e.g. title, author(s), publication statuses and dates) are captured on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis at the time of record harvesting from the data source. Suggestions for further amendments or supplementary information can be sent to [email protected].

PY - 2016/3/1

Y1 - 2016/3/1

N2 - A differentially driven miniaturized integrated on-chip implantable antenna with a total area of 1.4 × 1.8 mm2 is designed and tested for biomedical applications in this communication. The antenna is fabricated on the 0.18 μ m standard CMOS technology to make it be easily integrated with a transmitter designed using the same process. The proposed antenna is firstly optimized in a one-layer skin model. CST voxel human head model is used to evaluate the accuracy of the design concept. The simulated reflection coefficient and coupling strength are studied and compared in two simulation models. A simple dipole antenna is placed over the skin to demonstrate the communication link. A chip-to-SMA transition is designed for testing. The simulated and measured results are well agreed, which demonstrates the communication ability of the proposed antenna. The effect of various issues in the measurement setup is discussed. © 2016 IEEE.

AB - A differentially driven miniaturized integrated on-chip implantable antenna with a total area of 1.4 × 1.8 mm2 is designed and tested for biomedical applications in this communication. The antenna is fabricated on the 0.18 μ m standard CMOS technology to make it be easily integrated with a transmitter designed using the same process. The proposed antenna is firstly optimized in a one-layer skin model. CST voxel human head model is used to evaluate the accuracy of the design concept. The simulated reflection coefficient and coupling strength are studied and compared in two simulation models. A simple dipole antenna is placed over the skin to demonstrate the communication link. A chip-to-SMA transition is designed for testing. The simulated and measured results are well agreed, which demonstrates the communication ability of the proposed antenna. The effect of various issues in the measurement setup is discussed. © 2016 IEEE.

KW - and medical (ISM)

KW - Implantable antenna

KW - industrial

KW - on-chip antenna

KW - scientific

KW - small antenna

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84963745646&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84963745646&origin=recordpage

U2 - 10.1109/TAP.2016.2518201

DO - 10.1109/TAP.2016.2518201

M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal

SN - 0018-926X

VL - 64

SP - 1167

EP - 1172

JO - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

JF - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

IS - 3

M1 - 7383258

ER -

An Integrated On-Chip Implantable Antenna in 0.18-μm CMOS Technology for Biomedical Applications

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Research Keywords

Access Output

Other Access Options

Permanent Link

Other Files and Links

Fingerprint

Cite this