Design and fabrication of microstrip antennas integrated in three dimensional orthogonal woven composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1004-1008

  Yao, Lan ^a,b   Qiu, Yiping ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Smart materials; A. Textile composites; B. Electrical properties; B. Magnetic properties; C. Modeling

Indexed keywords

A. SMART MATERIALS; A. TEXTILE COMPOSITES; B. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; B. MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; C. MODELING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEXTILES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEAVING;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

DESIGN; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRONICS; FABRICATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; INDUSTRIAL USE; SIMULATION; SMART FABRIC;

EID: 64849096468     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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