In the rising era of Internet of things (IoT), millions to billions of devices are expected to connected to the Internet. Portable bio-medical devices benefits from IoT. In addition, during the outbreak of COVID-19 there was an urgent need for point-of-care (PoC) diagnostic devices. These devices are required to be compact, low-power and of course wireless for portability. One of the biggest challenges of these devices is the ultra-miniaturization of antenna. The design of such antenna has to be compact enough to be implemented inside implantable/ingestible devices, while maintaining high radiation efficiency at sub-GHz to low GHz frequency bands, above which the system may suffer from higher power consumption of the RF transceiver modules, yielding undesirable battery life.
The goal for this collection is targeted to present the most state-of-the-art progress on the antenna design for ultra-compact bio-medical devices for the next generation PoC applications. This collection may include topics, ranging from the theories of ultra-compact antenna design, design techniques and realizations of the antenna. Common techniques to miniaturize antenna include inverted-F, meandered, spiral design and etc. In addition, new inventions in antenna substrate may also significantly affect the antenna performance.
Theme 1: Reviews of recent progress on ultra-compact antenna design
Theme 2: New discoveries in ultra-compact antenna design techniques and
Interested in: 1. Reviews. 2. Original researches on new compact antenna techniques. 3. New discoveries on antenna substrate.
Keywords:
Antenna, Bio-electronics, Implantable, Ingestible, Ultra-compact
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
In the rising era of Internet of things (IoT), millions to billions of devices are expected to connected to the Internet. Portable bio-medical devices benefits from IoT. In addition, during the outbreak of COVID-19 there was an urgent need for point-of-care (PoC) diagnostic devices. These devices are required to be compact, low-power and of course wireless for portability. One of the biggest challenges of these devices is the ultra-miniaturization of antenna. The design of such antenna has to be compact enough to be implemented inside implantable/ingestible devices, while maintaining high radiation efficiency at sub-GHz to low GHz frequency bands, above which the system may suffer from higher power consumption of the RF transceiver modules, yielding undesirable battery life.
The goal for this collection is targeted to present the most state-of-the-art progress on the antenna design for ultra-compact bio-medical devices for the next generation PoC applications. This collection may include topics, ranging from the theories of ultra-compact antenna design, design techniques and realizations of the antenna. Common techniques to miniaturize antenna include inverted-F, meandered, spiral design and etc. In addition, new inventions in antenna substrate may also significantly affect the antenna performance.
Theme 1: Reviews of recent progress on ultra-compact antenna design
Theme 2: New discoveries in ultra-compact antenna design techniques and
Interested in: 1. Reviews. 2. Original researches on new compact antenna techniques. 3. New discoveries on antenna substrate.
Keywords:
Antenna, Bio-electronics, Implantable, Ingestible, Ultra-compact
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.