Numerical and experimental evaluation of a compact sensor antenna for healthcare devices

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-249

  Alomainy, Akram ^a   Hao, Yang ^a   Pasveer, Frank ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body worn device; Compact planar antenna; Efficiency; Electromagnetic modeling; Medecal Sensor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; OPTIMIZATION;

BODY-WORN DEVICE; COMPACT PLANAR ANTENNA; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 39849099088     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2007.913127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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