Comparison of electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of conductive single jersey fabrics with coaxial transmission line and free space measurement techniques

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 461-476

  Tezel, Serkan ^a   Kavuşturan, Yasemin ^a   Vandenbosch, Guy ae ^b   Volski, Vladimir ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

anechoic chamber; coaxial transmission line; conductive composite yarn; electromagnetic shielding effectiveness; free space measurement technique; Knitted fabric

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; COTTON; COTTON YARN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; EQUIPMENT TESTING; KNIT FABRICS; KNITTING MACHINERY; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; RAYON YARN; WIRE; WOOL;

COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINES; CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS; FREE SPACE MEASUREMENTS; KNITTED FABRIC;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 84896029654     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517513503728     Document Type: Article

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