Design of a low-cost steerable textile antenna array operating in varying relative humidity conditions

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-44

  Scarpello, Maria Lucia ^a   Ginste, Dries Vande ^a   Rogier, Hendrik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

mutual coupling; relative humidity; textile microstrip patch antenna; wearable antenna array

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA CHARACTERISTICS; ANTENNA SUBSTRATES; ARRAY GAIN; ARRAY PERFORMANCE; BEAM WIDTHS; CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT; FOAM MATERIAL; INDOOR COMMUNICATIONS; MUTUAL COUPLING; POLYURETHANE FOAM; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIGNAL LEVEL; TEXTILE ANTENNAS;

BEAM FORMING NETWORKS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; STEERABLE ANTENNAS; TEXTILES;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 81855166762     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.26510     Document Type: Article

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