Flexible dual-diversity wearable wireless node integrated on a dual-polarised textile patch antenna

IET Science, Measurement and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 452-458

  Vanveerdeghem, Peter ^a   Van Torre, Patrick ^a   Stevens, Christiaan ^a   Knockaert, Jos ^a   Rogier, Hendrik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; CLOTHES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; RADIO TRANSCEIVERS; SLOT ANTENNAS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

FLEXIBLE MODULES; INDUSTRIAL , SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL BANDS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT DEVICE; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; RECEIVE DIVERSITY; SIGNAL-INTEGRITY PROBLEMS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84908537322     PISSN: 17518822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-smt.2013.0224     Document Type: Article

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