Conformal ingestible capsule antenna: A novel chandelier meandered design

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 4 PART. 1, 2009, Pages 900-909

  Izdebski, Phillip M ^a,b   Rajagopalan, Harish ^a   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal; Ingestible antenna; Meandered dipole; Medical devices; Space filling; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL; INGESTIBLE ANTENNA; MEANDERED DIPOLE; MEDICAL DEVICES; SPACE-FILLING; TELEMETRY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 65549138854     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2014598     Document Type: Article

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