Effect of permittivity and permeability of a flexible magnetic composite material on the performance and miniaturization capability of planar antennas for RFID and wearable wireless applications

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 849-858

  Martin, Lara J ^a   Ooi, Sooliam ^b   Staiculescu, Daniela ^c   Hill, Michael D ^d   Wong, C P ^e   Tentzeris, Manos M ^f  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b Blackberry Research and Development   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Trans Tech ^*  (United States)

^e Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible structures; Identification; Magnetic materials; Passive circuits; Ultrahigh frequency antennas

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SOFTWARE; FREQUENCY ANTENNAS; FULL WAVES; HEXAFERRITES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MAGNETIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MAGNETIC COMPOSITES; MAGNETIC LOSS; MATRIX; MEASURED RESULTS; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PASSIVE CIRCUITS; PLANAR ANTENNAS; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; SILICONE SUBSTRATES; UHF SPECTRUM; WIRELESS APPLICATION; Z-PHASE;

ANTENNAS; CAPILLARITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETISM; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SILICONES; SUBSTRATES;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 72149094043     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2009.2032767     Document Type: Article

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