Capacitively loaded circularly polarized implantable patch antenna for ISM band biomedical applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2407-2417

  Liu, Changrong ^a,b   Guo, Yong Xin ^a   Xiao, Shaoqiu ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Circularly polarized antenna; communication link; implantable antenna; industrial scientific medical (ISM); link margin; small antenna; square patch antenna

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; PHANTOMS; SLOT ANTENNAS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED ANTENNAS; IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL; LINK MARGIN; SMALL ANTENNA; SQUARE PATCH ANTENNA;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 84900545669     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2014.2307341     Document Type: Article

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