Miniaturized dual-band antenna for implantable wireless communications

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 1160-1163

  Xu, Li Jie ^a,b   Guo, Yong Xin ^b   Wu, Wen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biocompatible material; dipole; dual band; implantable antenna; insulating layer

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMATERIALS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; INSULATING MATERIALS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIPOLE; DUAL BAND ANTENNAS; DUAL-BAND; IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; IMPLANTABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; INDUCTIVE LOOPS; INSULATING LAYERS; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 84903778146     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2014.2329937     Document Type: Article

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