Compact low-profile patch antenna for medical body area networks at 868 MHz

2008 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chandran, Anupam R ^a   Conway, Gareth A ^a   Scanlon, William G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MUSCLE; POWDERS;

BODY AREA NETWORKS; CLOSE PROXIMITIES; COMPACT PATCH ANTENNAS; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTHS; MUSCLE TISSUES; ON BODIES; PATCH ANTENNAS; RECTANGULAR SLOTS; SHORTING PINS; SIMULATED RADIATIONS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SURFACE PROPAGATING MODES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 55649124626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2008.4619350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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