{"title":"A C To Ku Band Ultra-wideband LNA With RLC-Feedback And T-matching Network","authors":"Yu Wang, Jie Cui, Ren-li Zhang","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777827","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a C to Ku band ultra-wideband low noise amplifier (LNA) are presented. By employing an RLC series network between the gate and drain of the transistor, the LNA circuit can operate at a wide frequency band while maintaining a stable impedance due to feedback of the RLC series network. In addition, a T-matching network is introduced as the inter-stage matching to increase power transfer and achieve frequency filtering. Using a standard 0.25um phemt GaAs process, the proposed LNA exhibits 14 dB gain and a noise figure of 2.3 dB to 3.5 dB from 6 to18 GHz, while the input and output return loss are less than 10 dB, respectively.","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131268592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single-Layer Metasurface Focusing Lens for Medical Applications","authors":"Y. Xiao, L. Wu, S. Peng, Z. Xiao","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777919","url":null,"abstract":"A single-layer metasurface based on the element-group which consists of two similar unit cells is proposed in this paper. The element-group can cover the phase shift range of more than 360° with transmission efficiencies over −3 dB. Also a metasurface focusing lens working at 11GHz is built for medical applications. The presented simulation results show that the electromagnetic power can be focused on a spot in the near-field.","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"189 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134181829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Short-Time Autocorrelation Method for Noncontact Detection of Heart Rate Variability Using CW Doppler Radar","authors":"Nhan Thi Phuong Nguyen, Pei-Yu Lyu, Meng-Hsuan Lin, Chia-Chan Chang, Sheng-Fuh Chang","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777797","url":null,"abstract":"Contactless detection of human heart rate variability using radars has been a promising area for healthcare and clinical practice. In this paper, a continuous-wave 2.45 GHz Doppler radar is used for wirelessly measuring heartbeat rate and inter-beat interval variation. Relying on the characteristics of an autocorrelation function, an algorithm for heart rate variability extraction using short-time autocorrelation is proposed. The autocorrelation algorithms achieves the high accurate estimation of heartbeat inter-interval variation, compared with the Electrocardiography (ECG).","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133125340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monitoring of Limb Movement Activities during Physical Exercises using UWB Channel Parameters","authors":"R. Bharadwaj, S. Koul","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777814","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates ultra-wideband channel (4–8 GHz) characteristics during various upper limb movement activities for health monitoring applications. Two on-body channel parameters are analyzed which are path loss magnitude (PL) and rms delay spread $(boldsymbol{sigma}_{boldsymbol{tau}})$. The compact wearable antennas are placed on the wrist in two different locations (outer and inner wrist). Five limb movement activities are performed by real human subject in an indoor environment related to forward, backward, sideways motion and arm bending. It is observed that different position of the arms lead to different channels links for each activity considered. The LOS/NLOS channels generally have a PL magnitude of 45-55/60-65 dB and $boldsymbol{sigma}_{boldsymbol{tau}}$ of 0.5-5/6-35 nsec respectively. Arm bending activity results in minimum PL (48/60 dB) and $boldsymbol{sigma}_{boldsymbol{tau}}$ (0.5-2/6-15 nsec) for LOS/NLOS links as the distance between the two antennas (placed on the wrist and shoulder) is least.","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132847082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gertjan Maenhout, J. Bao, T. Markovic, I. Ocket, B. Nauwelaers
{"title":"Reliable, Fast and Reusable Interfacing of High-Frequency Signals to Disposable Lab-on-a-Chip Devices","authors":"Gertjan Maenhout, J. Bao, T. Markovic, I. Ocket, B. Nauwelaers","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777890","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a novel manner of interconnecting high-frequency signals from laboratory instruments to a disposable lab-on-a-chip chip with an interconnect box (ICB). The ICB can connect with a standard coaxial connector to microwave lab equipment and uses a spring levered interface with elastomer conductive pins to connect to the disposable chip. With the spring-system, a new microwave-microfluidic chip can be mounted reliably on the setup in a couple of seconds. The high-frequency interface within the ICB is protected from the environment by an enclosure having a single slit for mounting the chip. The gold-on-quartz technology and casting of polydimethylsiloxane was used to develop an interdigital capacitor (IDC) for microwave sensing and heating for continuous flow microfluidics. Different isopropyl alcohol-water mixtures were flushed through the channel over the IDC and sensed based on the measured reflection coefficient measurements of the interconnected IDC on quartz. Using calibration techniques, the dielectric properties were extracted and good agreement with values in literature was obtained. At last, a deionized water sample of $2mu mathbf{L}$ was heated with heating rates of 50° C/s.","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131225479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Ultra-Wideband Polarization Conversion Metasurfaces Used for RCS Reduction","authors":"Ming-You Xie, Chunhong Chen, Guang Xue, Xuanli Fu, Jiahao Chen","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777802","url":null,"abstract":"A new kind of ultra-wideband polarization conversion metasurfaces (PCM) is proposed, the polarization conversion ratio (PCR) of the proposed PCM is more than 90% with the bandwidth from 5.6 to 17.9GHz, the relative bandwidth reaches up to 105%. Then, the PCM is arranged in a chessboard configuration. A 10dB radar cross section (RCS) reduction is achieved from 5.4 to 17.4GHz. The chessboard with PCM is fabricated and measured. The measured results are in good agreement with the simulation results.","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121456822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Simple Muscle-sphere Model to Approximate the Radar Cross Section of the Man Heart for Vital-Signs Detection Range Problem At Different RF Frequencies","authors":"H. Chuang, Hsin-Chih Kuo, C. Chou","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777913","url":null,"abstract":"The Doppler radar for noncontact human vital-signs sensing have been reported extensively. In order to investigate the frequency effect on the detection performance of the vital signs, the muscle sphere is used to emulate the human heart organ to compute the scattering field of the incident wave radiated from the Doppler radar. The radar cross section (RCS) can then be calculated from the receiving power by radar equation. In the validated experimental measurement, a pig heart (to simulate the human heart) is used to measure the receiving power. RCS and compare with the computed value at 60 GHz. The receiving power of the Doppler radar can then be calculated from the radar equation at different frequencies. From the theoretical upper bound value of the antenna gain (under the fixed antenna size), by observing the simulated receiving-power comparison, it is found that the Doppler radar can receive more reflected power (from the spherical muscle sphere) for the higher carrier frequency (up to 60 GHz) which may have a better vital-signs sensing performance.","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128749179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SIL-Radar-based Rat Detector for Warehouse Management System","authors":"Pin-Hsun Juan, Fu-Kang Wang, Yi-Ting Tzeng","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777772","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a noncontact sensing system, which aims to detect a concealed rat in a non-metallic box at the shipping area to minimize the possibility of rodent infestation. The proposed architecture, capable of alternately switching the beam direction to detect different boxes at the same time, consists of a self-injection-locked (SIL) radar, a single-pole three-throw (SP3T) RF switch, and three panel antennas. With coherent sampling, the IQ signals while using different antennas are respectively paired for arctangent demodulation and output IQ phase. After subsequent processing with algorithm computed in both the time and frequency domains, the 2.4 GHz prototype is verified to detect the tiny movements of a concealed rat with a length of 6 cm, and the sensing distance from the box to the radar antenna is up to 50 cm.","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122040038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Self-Service Scheme of Infant Scale for Height and Weight","authors":"Heping Qian, Jingning Liu, Yun Wu","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777754","url":null,"abstract":"With the development of science and technology and the continuous progress of society, parents no longer only pay attention to the diagnosis and treatment of children's illness, the healthy growth of children has become the focus of attention. This paper puts forward a self-help infant scale in community as the center, expounds the content and significance of the scheme, and designs a self-help baby scale which can measure baby's height and weight and upload data automatically. It provides convenient services for family, maternal and child health center, and also provides original data for generating child growth curve on software.","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114279768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of Simultaneous Sensor Location-Detection and Powering with Harmonic Radar Technology for Biomedical Sensing","authors":"Chun-Yu Ku, Chiao-Chieh Yang, Tzuen-Hsi Huang","doi":"10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBIOC.2019.8777921","url":null,"abstract":"This paper concerns the development of a biomedical sensing sensor which can be detected and powered by a harmonic radar. We propose some sensor component for the considering of sensing and charging simultaneously by detecting the second-harmonic signal strength. The sensor components are operated at 2.4-GHz band, including a compact dual-band antenna, a second-harmonic enhancement coupler, and a rectifier with a switched second-harmonic detection circuit. The maximum rectification efficiency is 57% when the RF switch off, and the difference of second-harmonic signal strength is 3.9 dB between switch on/off without the second-harmonic enhancement coupler when input power is 10 dBm. After adding the second-harmonic enhancement coupler, the maximum rectification efficiency is 45% with the RF switch off, and the difference of second-harmonic signal strength is 4.4 dB between switch on/off when input power is 10 dBm.","PeriodicalId":171472,"journal":{"name":"2019 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130686281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}