Influence of body proximity on the efficiency of a wearable textile patch antenna

Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1353-1357

  Giddens, H ^a   Paul, D L ^a   Hilton, G S ^a   McGeehan, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antenna efficiency; body interaction; phantoms; telemedicine; textile antenna; wireless off body communication

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA EFFICIENCY; BODY INTERACTION; OFF-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; PHANTOMS; TEXTILE ANTENNAS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; TELEMEDICINE; TEXTILES;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84862845382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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