Printed Yagi-Uda array for on-body communication channels at 60 GHz

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2728-2730

  Wu, X Y ^a   Akhoondzadeh Asl, L ^a   Hall, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

low profile Yagi Uda; millimeter wave; on body communications; phantom; wearable antenna

Indexed keywords

BODY TISSUES; CLOSE PROXIMITY; END-FIRE; FREE SPACE; H-PLANES; HIGH-GAIN; HUMAN BODIES; LOW PROFILE; ON-BODY; PHANTOM; SIMULATION AND MEASUREMENT; YAGI ANTENNAS; YAGI-UDA ANTENNAS; YAGI-UDA ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; REFLECTION; TISSUE; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 80053208247     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.26443     Document Type: Article

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