EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A 434 MHZ WIRELESS ENERGY LINK FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Author(s) -
Giuseppina Monti,
Luciano Tarricone,
Carlo Trane
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
progress in electromagnetics research c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1937-8718
DOI - 10.2528/pierc12032606
Subject(s) - link (geometry) , characterization (materials science) , wireless , energy (signal processing) , computer science , physics , computer network , materials science , nanotechnology , telecommunications , quantum mechanics
This paper presents an experimental study of the performance of a wireless resonant energy link for implantable biomedical devices. More speciflcally, the proposed system consists of two planar resonators: a primary resonator that is connected to a power source and operates outside the body, and a secondary resonator that is connected to the implanted device and operates inside the body. Each resonator is a planar spiral resonator; the wireless power transmission is obtained by exploiting the magnetic coupling between the two resonators when they are operating at small distances. A prototype working in the ISM band centered at 434MHz has been developed and analyzed. Reported results conflrm that the proposed system is a viable solution for wirelessly providing implantable devices with the power necessary for operation.
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