On the efficient design, analysis and measurement of bio-implantable electrically small antennas

Symposium Digest - 20th URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, EMTS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 853-856

  Skrivervik, Anja K ^a   Merli, Francesco ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION; BIO-IMPLANTABLE; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS; KEY COMPONENT; THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 78650325247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/URSI-EMTS.2010.5637319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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