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This presents a challenge when it comes to achieving satisfying results without a major compromise in any of these crucial parameters. Additionally, many of the existing designs do not follow a specific approach to obtain results. Measuring different parameters of such fabricated structures requires special conditions and special environments mimicking the tissues where they are supposed to be placed. For such issues, the use of biological or synthetic phantoms is widely employed to validate what is obtained in simulation, and a multitude of formulas exist for the creation of such phantoms, each with its advantages and drawbacks. In this paper, a miniature dual-band structure derived from the first iteration of the Koch fractal structure is designed to operate 2 mm below the skin in the arm of the human body, with the MICS (Medical Implant Communication System) and ISM (Industrial, Scientific, Medical) 2.4 GHz bands. The purposes of the design are to derive structures from commonly used shapes with certain behavior while maintaining miniaturization, and to easily design dual-band implantable antennas. More than one band is used to diversify uses, since bands such as the MICS band are mainly dedicated to telemetry. The structure is characterized not only by its low profile compared to various structures found in the literature with dimensions of 17.2 \u00d7 14.8 \u00d7 0.254 mm3, but also its ease of design, independent shifting of resonant frequencies, and the absence of the need for a matching circuit and a shorting pin (via) for miniaturization. It exhibits satisfying performance: bandwidths of 23 MHz in the MICS band and 190 and 70 MHz in the vicinity of the ISM 2.4 GHz band, and measured gain in the latter band of \u221218.66 and \u221217 dBi in the azimuth and elevation radiation patterns, respectively. To validate the antenna\u2019s properties in a skin-mimicking environment, two simple phantom formulas found in the literature were explored and compared in order to identify the best option in terms of accuracy and ease of fabrication.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/electronics12061475","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,21]],"date-time":"2023-03-21T02:36:22Z","timestamp":1679366182000},"page":"1475","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Modeling of a Compact, Implantable, Dual-Band Antenna for Biomedical Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Majdi","family":"Bahrouni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Microwave Electronics Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis 2092, Tunisia"},{"name":"Institute of Microelectronics Electromagnetism and Photonics-Microwave Laboratory and Characterization, Grenoble INP, Grenoble Alps University, 38000 Grenoble, France"},{"name":"Institute of Microelectronics Electromagnetism and Photonics-Microwave Laboratory and Characterization, Universit\u00e9 Savoie Mont Blanc, 73000 Le Bourget du Lac, France"}]},{"given":"Gregory","family":"Houzet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Microelectronics Electromagnetism and Photonics-Microwave Laboratory and Characterization, Grenoble INP, Grenoble Alps University, 38000 Grenoble, France"},{"name":"Institute of Microelectronics Electromagnetism and Photonics-Microwave Laboratory and Characterization, Universit\u00e9 Savoie Mont Blanc, 73000 Le Bourget du Lac, France"}]},{"given":"Tan Phu","family":"Vuong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Microelectronics Electromagnetism and Photonics-Microwave Laboratory and Characterization, Grenoble INP, Grenoble Alps University, 38000 Grenoble, France"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2177-7321","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulo M.","family":"Mendes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for MicroElectromechanical Systems (CMEMS-UMinho), University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"},{"name":"LABBELS\u2014Associate Laboratory, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Hugo","family":"Dinis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for MicroElectromechanical Systems (CMEMS-UMinho), University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"},{"name":"LABBELS\u2014Associate Laboratory, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9192-5962","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rui","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for MicroElectromechanical Systems (CMEMS-UMinho), University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimar\u00e3es, Portugal"},{"name":"LABBELS\u2014Associate Laboratory, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Hichem","family":"Trabelsi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National School of Engineers of Carthage, University of Carthage, Charguia II 2035, Tunisia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Raza, Y., Yousaf, M., Abbas, N., Akram, A., and Amin, Y. 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