2-bit polarisation agile antenna with high port decoupling

A practical method to achieve both decoupling and six polarisation states by employing the mode-based approach for a four-element antenna is presented. The eigenmode theory as well as a practical implementation scheme are presented. The resulting approach can operate with vertical, horizontal, slant +45°, slant -45°, right-hand circular polarisation, or left-hand circular polarisation. A prototype has been manufactured and measured results show good agreement with simulations.

Robust implantable antenna for in-body communications

A compact implantable printed meandered folded dipole antenna with a volume of 101.8 mm3 and robust performance is presented for operation in the 2.4 GHz medical ISM bands. The implant antenna is shown to maintain its return loss performance in the 2360???2400 MHz, 2400???2483.5 MHz and 2483.5???2500 MHz frequency bands, simulated in eleven different body tissue types with a broad range of electrical properties. Bandwidth and resonant frequency changes are reported for the same antenna implanted in high water content tissues such as muscle and skin as well as low water content tissues such as subcutaneous fat and bone. The antenna was also shown to maintain its return loss performance as it was moved towards a tissue boundary within a simulated phantom testbed.