Pressure and shear sensing based on microstrip antennas

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8345, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mohammad, I ^a   Huang, H ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna sensor; In shoe shear sensor; Passive wireless sensor; Patch antenna; Pressure sensors; Shear detection

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA DESIGN; ANTENNA SENSORS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; PASSIVE WIRELESS SENSORS; PLANTAR PRESSURES; SENSOR FABRICATION; SHEAR FORCE; SHEAR MEASUREMENTS; SHEAR SENSOR;

DISEASES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PRESSURE SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84861122282     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.914979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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