High-strength, metalized fibers for conformal load bearing antenna applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3458-3462

  Morris, Steven E ^a   Bayram, Yakup ^b,c   Zhang, Lanlin ^b   Wang, Zheyu ^b   Shtein, Max ^a   Volakis, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c PaneraTech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; conformal; conformal antennas; e fiber antennas; fiber devices; flexible antennas; polymer antennas

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL; CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; E-FIBER ANTENNAS; FIBER DEVICES; FLEXIBLE ANTENNAS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); COATED MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FIBERS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL COATINGS; METALS; WEAVING;

SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 80052627410     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2161442     Document Type: Article

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