Radio frequency energy harvesting from a feeding source in a passive deep brain stimulation device for murine preclinical research

Md Kamal Hosain; Abbas Z Kouzani; Susannah J Tye; Mst Fateha Samad; Rajas P Kale; Kevin E Bennet; Felicia S Manciu; Michael Berk

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.07.003

Radio frequency energy harvesting from a feeding source in a passive deep brain stimulation device for murine preclinical research

Med Eng Phys. 2015 Oct;37(10):1020-6. doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.07.003. Epub 2015 Aug 28.

Authors

Md Kamal Hosain¹, Abbas Z Kouzani², Susannah J Tye³, Mst Fateha Samad², Rajas P Kale⁴, Kevin E Bennet⁵, Felicia S Manciu⁶, Michael Berk⁷

Affiliations

¹ School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia. Electronic address: kamaleteruet@gmail.com.
² School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
⁴ School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
⁵ School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia; Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; Division of Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
⁶ Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
⁷ Deakin University, IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216, Australia; Orygen, National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health and Centre for Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.

PMID: 26318799
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.07.003

Abstract

This paper presents the development of an energy harvesting circuit for use with a head-mountable deep brain stimulation (DBS) device. It consists of a circular planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) and a Schottky diode-based Cockcroft-Walton 4-voltage rectifier. The PIFA has the volume of π × 10(2) × 1.5 mm(3), resonance frequency of 915 MHz, and bandwidth of 16 MHz (909-925 MHz) at a return loss of -10 dB. The rectifier offers maximum efficiency of 78% for the input power of -5 dBm at a 5 kΩ load resistance. The developed rectenna operates efficiently at 915 MHz for the input power within -15 dBm to +5 dBm. For operating a DBS device, the DC voltage of 2 V is recorded from the rectenna terminal at a distance of 55 cm away from a 26.77 dBm transmitter in free space. An in-vitro test of the DBS device is presented.

Keywords: Deep brain stimulation; Radio frequency energy harvesting; Rectenna.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Deep Brain Stimulation / instrumentation*
Electrical Equipment and Supplies*
Equipment Design
Head
Mice
Models, Animal
Radio Waves*

Grants and funding

U01 NS090455/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States