Investigation of a Novel Compact Microstrip Antenna for Radiotelemetry Capsules Based on FDTD

The objective of this paper is to design a microstrip patch antenna for the miniature electro-capsule communicating with external recorder at 915 MHz located in Industry, Science, and Medical (ISM) bands. Microstrip antenna design parameters, resonance characteristics and radiation patterns are evaluated using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The effects of location of feed point and human body are analyzed, and the radiation performances of the proposed antenna are estimated in terms of radiation patterns. Finally, specific absorption rate (SAR) computations are also performed, and the peak 1-g and 10-g SAR values are calculated. According to peak SAR values, the maximum delivered, power for the designed antenna was found so that the SAR values of the antennas satisfy ANSI limitations.     

遥测胶囊微带天线的设计

针对遥测胶囊工作在人体消化道中的特点,为遥测胶囊设计了一种新型的微带天线,用于和外部数据接收存储器通信,工作频率为915 MHz波段(ISM波段).为了模拟天线在人体消化道内的工作环境,计算模型采用了真实的三维人体数字模型.基于时域有限差分算法,讨论了天线的设计参数,分析比较了天线在自由空间中和人体消化道内的谐振频率、方向图等特性,计算了天线在人体消化道内的比吸收率,求出了最大允许输入功率.结果表明,该天线完全满足遥测胶囊的实际应用要求.