Stacked-patch antenna with switchable propagating mode for UHF body-centric communications

2009 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Scanlon, William G ^a   Chandran, Anupam R ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTHS; ON-BODY; PATCH ANTENNA; PROPAGATING MODE; PROPAGATION MODE; SWITCHABLE; TISSUE PHANTOM; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MUSCLE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 67650468931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWAT.2009.4906964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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