Characterization and testing of a skin mimicking material for implantable antennas operating at ISM band (2.4 GHz-2.48 GHz)

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 418-420

  Yilmaz, Tuba ^a   Karacolak, Tutku ^a   Topsakal, Erdem ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diethylene glycol butyl ether (DGBE); Implantable antenna; Industrial scientific and medical (ISM) band; Polyethylene glycol mono phenyl ether (Triton x 100); Skin mimicking material

Indexed keywords

BUTYL ETHER; CHARACTERIZATION AND TESTING; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; DUAL BAND ANTENNAS; HUMAN SKIN; IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; IN-VITRO; INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL; ISM BANDS; RELATIVE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; TRITON X-100;

ETHERS; INDUSTRY; MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77950664806     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.2001736     Document Type: Article

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