A Compact Dual-Mode Wearable Antenna for Body-Centric Wireless Communications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Antenna Design and Human Body
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. On-Body Communications
3.2. Off-Body Communications
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Lin, C.-H.; Ito, K. A Compact Dual-Mode Wearable Antenna for Body-Centric Wireless Communications. Electronics 2014, 3, 398-408. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics3030398
Lin C-H, Ito K. A Compact Dual-Mode Wearable Antenna for Body-Centric Wireless Communications. Electronics. 2014; 3(3):398-408. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics3030398
Chicago/Turabian StyleLin, Chia-Hsien, and Koichi Ito. 2014. "A Compact Dual-Mode Wearable Antenna for Body-Centric Wireless Communications" Electronics 3, no. 3: 398-408. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics3030398