Dual-band wearable metallic button antennas and transmission in body area networks

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-190

  Sanz Izquierdo, B ^a   Miller, J A ^a   Batchelor, J C ^a   Sobhy, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

DESIGN PROCESS; EMERGENCY RESCUE; HIPERLAN/2; LINE OF SIGHT; MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION; NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT; PARAMETRIC STUDY; WIRELESS MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 77953528190     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2009.0010     Document Type: Article

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