Flexible textile antennas for body-worn communication

2012 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 205-208

  Wang, Zheyu ^a   Zhang, Lanlin ^a   Psychoudakis, Dimitris ^a   Volakis, John L ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODYWORN ANTENNAS; CONDUCTIVE FIBERS; CONDUCTIVE SURFACES; CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; HEALTH MONITORING; PRINTED ANTENNA; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF PERFORMANCE; TEXTILE ANTENNAS; WIDE-BAND COMMUNICATIONS;

FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TEXTILES;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84860689693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWAT.2012.6178647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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