An AMC Based Antenna for Telemedicine Applications

Authors

  • Haider R. Khaleel Department of Systems Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA
  • Hussain M. Al-Rizzo Department of Systems Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA
  • Daniel G. Rucker Department of Systems Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA

Keywords:

An AMC Based Antenna for Telemedicine Applications

Abstract

In this paper, we present an antenna design for telemedicine applications operating in the Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) 2.4 GHz band. The design is based on a printed monopole antenna integrated with an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) ground plane. The AMC ground plane is utilized to isolate the user’s body from undesired electromagnetic radiation in addition to eliminating the antenna’s impedance mismatch caused by the proximity to human tissues. Moreover, specific absorption rate (SAR) is analyzed based on a numerical human body model (HUGO) to assess the design feasibility. Results show that the radiation characteristics, impedance matching, and SAR values of the proposed design are significantly improved compared with conventional antennas.

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Author Biographies

Haider R. Khaleel, Department of Systems Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA

Haider R. Khaleelreceived the
B.Sc. degree in Control and
Systems Engineering from the
University of Technology
Baghdad-Iraq, and the M.Sc.
degree in Electrical and
Computer Engineering from
New York Institute of Technology (highest honors) in
2003 and 2006, respectively. He is currently working
towards a Ph.D. degree inthe Systems Engineering
department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
He has been a Graduate Research and Teaching
Assistant in the Applied Science Department at the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock since August
2008. His main research interests include Metamaterial
based antennas, wearable and implantable antennas,
development of flexible electromagnetic materials, and
antennas for MIMO systems.

Hussain M. Al-Rizzo, Department of Systems Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA

Hussain M. Al-Rizzo received his
B.Sc. in Electronics and
Communications (1979) (High
Honors), Postgraduate Diploma in
Electronics and Communications
(1981) (High Honors) and M.SC.
in Micowave Communication
Systems (1983)from the
University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq. From May 1983 to
October 1987, he was working with the
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Department, Space
and Astronomy Research Center, Scientific Research
Council, Baghdad, Iraq. In December 1987, he joined
the Radiating Systems Research Laboratory, Electrical
and Computer Engineering Department, University of
New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada where he
obtained his Ph.D. (1992) in Computational
Electromagnetics, Wireless Communications, and the
Global Positioning System. For his various academic
achievements he won the nomination by the University
of New Brunswick as the best doctoral graduate in
science and engineering. Since 2000, he joined the
Systems Engineering Department, University Arkansas
at Little Rock where he is currently a Professor of
Systems Engineering. He has published over 40 peer-
reviewed journal papers, 70 conference presentations,
and several patents. His research areas include
implantable antennas and wireless systems, smart
antennas, WLAN deployment and load balancing,
electromagnetic wave scattering by complex objects,
design, modeling and testing of high-power microwave
applicators, design and analysis of microstrip antennas
for mobile radio systems, precipitation effects on
terrestrial and satellite frequency re-use communication
systems, and field operation of NAVSTAR GPS
receivers.

Daniel G. Rucker, Department of Systems Engineering University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA

Daniel G. Ruckerreceived his
Bachelors of Science in Systems
Engineering from the University of
Arkansas at Little Rock in Spring
2007. He was accepted by the
National Science Foundation
(NSF) for a Research Experience
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for Undergraduates program in the summer of2006 at
the Arecibo Observatoryin Puerto Rico. There he
worked on digital electronics and radar control.
Following this work, he shifted his undergraduate
research to microstrip antennas for biomedical devices
at UALR. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied
Science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
His current research areas are microstrip antennas, low
power wireless sensor systems, and systems
engineering design. In the area of microstrip antennas,
his work is focused on implantable and wearable
microstrip antennas for biomedical applications.

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Published

2022-05-02

How to Cite

[1]
H. R. . Khaleel, H. M. . Al-Rizzo, and D. G. . Rucker, “An AMC Based Antenna for Telemedicine Applications”, ACES Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 59–66, May 2022.

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