A novel folded UWB antenna for wireless body area network

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 2 PART 2, 2012, Pages 1139-1142

  Kang, Cheng Hung ^a   Wu, Sung Jung ^a   Tarng, Jenn Hwan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 D antenna; Body area network; Ultrawideband

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; BACKWARD RADIATION; BODY AREA NETWORK; BROADBAND IMPEDANCE; FEED STRUCTURE; GROUND PLANES; HUMAN BODIES; LOW PROFILE; LOWER FREQUENCIES; METAL PLATES; PLANAR MONOPOLE; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; ULTRA WIDE-BAND ANTENNAS; UWB ANTENNA; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FREQUENCY BANDS; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; PLATING; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADIATION EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84863061545     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2173101     Document Type: Article

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