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Self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by RF energy: A review

Wearable and implantable medical devices (IMDs) have come a long way in the past few decades and have contributed to the development of many personalized health monitoring and therapeutic applications. Sustaining these devices with reliable and long-term power supply is still an ongoing challenge. T...

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Main Authors: Alkhalaf, Hussein Yahya, Ahmad, Mohd Yazed, Ramiah, Harikrishnan
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Published: MDPI 2022
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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spelling my.um.eprints.413112023-09-18T07:34:30Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/41311/ Self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by RF energy: A review Alkhalaf, Hussein Yahya Ahmad, Mohd Yazed Ramiah, Harikrishnan TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Wearable and implantable medical devices (IMDs) have come a long way in the past few decades and have contributed to the development of many personalized health monitoring and therapeutic applications. Sustaining these devices with reliable and long-term power supply is still an ongoing challenge. This review discusses the challenges and milestones in energizing wearable and IMDs using the RF energy harvesting (RFEH) technique. The review highlights the main integrating frontend blocks such as the wearable and implantable antenna design, matching network, and rectifier topologies. The advantages and bottlenecks of adopting RFEH technology in wearable and IMDs are reviewed, along with the system elements and characteristics that enable these devices to operate in an optimized manner. The applications of RFEH in wearable and IMDs medical devices are elaborated in the final section of this review. This article summarizes the recent developments in RFEH, highlights the gaps, and explores future research opportunities. MDPI 2022-09 Article PeerReviewed Alkhalaf, Hussein Yahya and Ahmad, Mohd Yazed and Ramiah, Harikrishnan (2022) Self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by RF energy: A review. Sensors, 22 (17). ISSN 1424-8220, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/s22176371 <https://doi.org/10.3390/s22176371>. 10.3390/s22176371
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Alkhalaf, Hussein Yahya
Ahmad, Mohd Yazed
Ramiah, Harikrishnan
Self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by RF energy: A review
description Wearable and implantable medical devices (IMDs) have come a long way in the past few decades and have contributed to the development of many personalized health monitoring and therapeutic applications. Sustaining these devices with reliable and long-term power supply is still an ongoing challenge. This review discusses the challenges and milestones in energizing wearable and IMDs using the RF energy harvesting (RFEH) technique. The review highlights the main integrating frontend blocks such as the wearable and implantable antenna design, matching network, and rectifier topologies. The advantages and bottlenecks of adopting RFEH technology in wearable and IMDs are reviewed, along with the system elements and characteristics that enable these devices to operate in an optimized manner. The applications of RFEH in wearable and IMDs medical devices are elaborated in the final section of this review. This article summarizes the recent developments in RFEH, highlights the gaps, and explores future research opportunities.
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author Alkhalaf, Hussein Yahya
Ahmad, Mohd Yazed
Ramiah, Harikrishnan
author_facet Alkhalaf, Hussein Yahya
Ahmad, Mohd Yazed
Ramiah, Harikrishnan
author_sort Alkhalaf, Hussein Yahya
title Self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by RF energy: A review
title_short Self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by RF energy: A review
title_full Self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by RF energy: A review
title_fullStr Self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by RF energy: A review
title_full_unstemmed Self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by RF energy: A review
title_sort self-sustainable biomedical devices powered by rf energy: a review
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/41311/
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