A wearable active antenna for global positioning system and satellite phone

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 532-538

  Dierck, Arnaut ^a   Rogier, Hendrik ^b   Declercq, Frederick ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circularly polarized antenna; dual band antenna; Global Positioning System; Iridium; wearable active antenna

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IRIDIUM; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERIC FILMS; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SUBSTRATES; TELEPHONE SETS; TRACKING (POSITION);

ACTIVE ANTENNAS; ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; AXIAL RATIO BANDWIDTH; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED ANTENNAS; DUAL BAND ANTENNAS; FABRIC SUBSTRATE; FLEXIBLE FOAMS; HUMAN BODIES; IRIDIUM SATELLITE; MULTIBAND; ON-BODY; SATELLITE PHONES; SQUARE PATCH ANTENNA;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84873370857     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2223441     Document Type: Article

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