High frequency properties of electro-textiles for wearable antenna applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-389

  Ouyang, Yuehui ^a   Chappell, William J ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conducting materials; Electro textile; Materials testing; Microwave resonators

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FABRICS; RESONATORS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

ELECTRO-TEXTILES; MICROWAVE RESONATORS; WEARABLE ANTENNA;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 40549126999     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.915435     Document Type: Article

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