Effects on Portable Antennas of the Presence of a Person

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 739-746

  Toftgård, J∅rn ^a   Hornsleth, Sten N ^a   Andersen, J⊘rgen Bach ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CORDLESS TELEPHONES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FADING (RADIO); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERFORMANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HUMAN BODY; PORTABLE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0027617782     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.250451     Document Type: Article

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