Bluetooth ECG Electrodes Antenna Design for Real-Time Monitoring Systems
| Name | Year |
| Yi-Chuan Chen | 2015 |
| Keywords | |
| Bluetooth, electrocardiography, electrodes, monitoring |
This thesis proposes a Bluetooth antenna operating at 2.4-2.48 GHz for electrocardiography monitoring. This application requires two electrodes collecting the data of heart beating. The proposed antenna is based on a band-notched ultra-wideband antenna configuration. The antenna body is divided into two parts using a slot. By touching the upper conductor region, the operating band is barely affected; meanwhile, the antenna acts as an electrode so that the data of heart beating can be collected without the external use of an electrode. The impedance matching of the proposed antenna is examined using simulation and measurement. The antenna performance is evaluated when the upper conductor region is placed on human tissues. The measured performance depicts that the antenna performance is not sensitive to the existence of the human tissues.
