Stretchable dipole antenna for body area networks at 2.45 GHz

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 852-859

  Arriola, A ^a   Sancho, J I ^b   Brebels, S ^c   Gonzalez, M ^c   De Raedt, W ^c  

^a IK4 IKERLAN   (Spain)

^b CEIT   (Spain)

^c IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA IMPEDANCE; BODY AREA NETWORK; HUMAN BODIES; ON-BODY; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; STRETCHING MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; REFLECTION; SILICONES; TOPOLOGY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 79958054605     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2010.0436     Document Type: Article

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