Abstract
Conference Title: 2013 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-BIO) Conference Start Date: 2013, Dec. 9 Conference End Date: 2013, Dec. 11 Conference Location: Singapore, Singapore This paper presents the design of a low profile dual-band (on- / off-body modes) planar antenna in meandered shape with microstrip line feed for biomedical applications. The antenna is designed to operate in the ZigBee dual band 868-928 MHz and 2.4-2.5 GHz respectively. While the proposed antenna is simulated on direct surface of human skin model, it shows a good performance with the broad bandwidth for |S11| less than -10 dB. The antenna is designed with 50 ohm input port and on LTCC substrate ([straight epsilon]r = 7.1, tanδ = 0.005) with miniaturized volume of 16.5 mm × 17 mm × 0.8 mm. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]