Determination of dielectric constant of fabric materials and their use as substrates for design and development of antennas for wearable applications

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3122-3130

  Sankaralingam, S ^a   Gupta, Bhaskar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; dielectric measurements; fabric substrates; rectangular microstrip wearable antenna; resonance method; textile antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; FABRIC SUBSTRATES; MICROSTRIPES; RESONANCE METHOD; TEXTILE ANTENNAS;

BLUETOOTH; COTTON; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); EXTRACTION; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; RADIATORS; SUBSTRATES; TEXTILES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 78149465400     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2063090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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