A comparison of two and three dimensional dipole antennas for an implantable retinal prosthesis

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 622-629

  Soora, Shruthi ^a   Gosalia, Keyoor ^b   Humayun, Mark S ^c   Lazzi, Gianluca ^d  

^a Nya Vattentornet   (Sweden)

^b Paratek Microwave Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Current vector alignment; Implantable antenna; Meander line antenna; Miniature antenna; Retinal prosthesis; Three dimensional (3D) antenna

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; PROSTHETICS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; TELEMETERING; TRANSCEIVERS;

CURRENT VECTOR ALIGNMENT; MEANDER LINE ANTENNA; MINIATURE ANTENNA;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 41649105702     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.916889     Document Type: Article

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