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A Multilayered Coil Antenna for Ingestible Capsule: Near-Field Magnetic Induction Link
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE. 12:1118-1121 2013
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Coils
Antenna measurements
Magnetic liquids
Transmitters
Receiving antennas
Magnetic induction link budget
multilayered stacked coil antenna
on-body spiral coil antenna
wireless ingestible capsule
Language
ISSN
1536-1225
1548-5757
Abstract
A compact multilayered stacked ingestible coil antenna is investigated for medical systems. The inductive link, comprising a 5-layer transmitter coil antenna and a 3-turn receiver spiral coil, is modeled through a tissue-simulating liquid modeling the human body. The diameter and the thickness of the transmitter coil are respectively equal to 1 cm and 5 mm, while the dimensions of the receiver coil are equal to 7$\,\times\,$ 8 cm$^2$ . The variations of the position and the orientation of the capsule antenna are taken into account to evaluate the coupling response between the two magnetically coupled coils. We found that the inductive link presents an attractive option for improving the lifetime of ingestible capsules.