The Use of Textile Materials to Design Wearable Microstrip Patch Antennas

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 651-658

  Hertleer, Carla ^a   Tronquo, Anneleen ^a   Rogier, Hendrik ^a   Van Langenhove, Lieva ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

smart textiles; textile antenna; wearable textile system

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GROUNDS; CLOTHES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS; SMART TEXTILES; TEXTILES;

ANTENNA SUBSTRATES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SIMULATORS; EMERGENCY OPERATIONS; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; TEXTILE ANTENNAS; TEXTILE PROPERTIES; TEXTILE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; GARMENT MANUFACTURE; GARMENT PROPERTY; MAKING-UP; SMART FABRIC;

EID: 51649098843     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517507083726     Document Type: Article

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