The characterization of conductive textile materials intended for radio frequency applications

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 28-40

  Shaw, Robert K ^a   Long, Bruce R ^b   Werner, Douglas H ^a   Gavrin, Arthur ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRITON SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Conducting fabrics; Conducting textiles; Conductivity; Conductivity measurement; E fabrics; E textiles; Moment methods; Scattering parameters; Scattering parameters measurement; Textile antennas; Wearable antennas

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING FABRICS; CONDUCTING TEXTILES; CONDUCTIVITY; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; E-FABRICS; E-TEXTILES; MOMENT METHODS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS MEASUREMENT; TEXTILE ANTENNAS; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; METHOD OF MOMENTS; SCATTERING; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; WEAVING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WOOL; YARN;

FABRICS;

EID: 49549103513     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2007.4293934     Document Type: Article

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