Camera-Integrable Wide-Bandwidth Antenna for Capsule Endoscope

Sensors (Basel). 2019 Dec 31;20(1):232. doi: 10.3390/s20010232.

Abstract

This paper presents a new antenna design for a capsule endoscope. The proposed antenna comprises a camera hole and meandered line. These features enable the antenna to be integrated on the same side as the camera, within the capsule endoscope. Moreover, light-emitting diodes can be mounted on the surface of the antenna for illumination. The antenna achieves a wide bandwidth, despite the small size owing to its meandered line structure.

Keywords: 2.4 GHz; camera-integrable antenna; capsule endoscopy; industry–science–medical band; meandered dipole antenna.

MeSH terms

  • Capsule Endoscopes*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Photography / instrumentation*