Outer-Wall Loop Antenna for Ultrawideband Capsule Endoscope System

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 1135-1138

  Yun, Sumin ^a   Kim, Kihyun ^a   Nam, Sangwook ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capsule antenna; endoscopy system; loop antenna; meander; small antenna; wideband

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008061074     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: 15485757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2010.2094996     Document Type: Article

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