Novel small-size directional antenna for UWB WBAN/WPAN applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3884-3896

  Klemm, Maciej ^a   Kov́cs, István Z ^b   Pedersen, Gert F ^b   Tröster, Gerhard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body worn antennas; Human body; Pulsed antennas; Specific absorption rate (SAR); Ultrawide band (UWB); Wearable antennas; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SLOT ANTENNAS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BODY-WORN ANTENNAS; HUMAN BODY MODELS; PULSED ANTENNAS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR); ULTRAWIDE-BAND (UWB); WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 29444445193     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.859906     Document Type: Article

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