A miniaturized Hilbert inverted-F antenna for wireless sensor network applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3100-3103

  Huang, Jung Tang ^a   Shiao, Jia Hung ^a   Wu, Jain Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antenna; fractal; Hilbert; inverted F antenna (IFA); miniature; wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

DESIGN RULES; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE; FR4 SUBSTRATES; GHZ BAND; HILBERT; INVERTED F-ANTENNAS; INVERTED-F ANTENNA; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MINIATURE; MINIATURE ANTENNA; PEAK GAIN; RECTANGULAR PATCH ANTENNA; SIZE REDUCTIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

FRACTALS; SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77956366425     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2052583     Document Type: Article

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