Wearable Fabric Reconfigurable Beam-Steering Antenna for On/Off-Body Communication System

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Parameter</td><td align="center"><span style="width: 12.9007ptpx;"><svg height="12.4257pt" id="M15" style="vertical-align:-3.427751pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.99795 12.9007 12.4257" width="12.9007pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0135,0,0,-0.0135,0,0)"><path d="M541 160L512 170C485 116 462 88 439 67C411 41 376 35 318 35C272 35 238 37 224 48C207 61 205 85 212 121L290 533C305 611 308 615 391 622L397 650H139L133 622C217 615 221 612 206 533L126 118C111 41 103 34 23 26L17 0H474C489 31 528 124 541 160Z" id="g113-77"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="553" vert-adv-y="553"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.0095,0,0,-0.0095,8.644,3.264)"><path d="M357 391C357 416 325 451 270 451C241 451 179 431 146 400C109 365 97 334 97 307C97 248 143 213 196 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(mm)</td><td align="center">13.1</td><td align="center">6.0</td><td align="center">3.5</td><td align="center">0.5</td><td align="center">0.9</td><td align="center">2.2</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Dimensions of the reconfigurable beam-steering antenna.

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Table 1

Table 1: Wearable Fabric Reconfigurable Beam-Steering Antenna for On/Off-Body Communication System 