Design and development of a novel 3-D cubic antenna for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and RFID applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 10 PART 2, 2009, Pages 3293-3299

  Kruesi, Catherine M ^a   Vyas, Rushi J ^b   Tentzeris, Manos M ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D antennas; Dipole antennas; Flexible; Folded antennas; Liquid crystal polymer (LCP); Omnidirectional antennas; Smart packaging; UHF antennas; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

3-D ANTENNAS; FOLDED ANTENNAS; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; SMART PACKAGING; UHF ANTENNAS;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; METAL CLADDING; SENSOR NETWORKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 76149089184     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2028672     Document Type: Article

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