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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2014, Article ID 952746, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/952746
Research Article

Broadband Loop Antenna on Soft Contact Lens for Wireless Ocular Physiological Monitoring

Ssu-Han Ting,1 Bo-Ming Jeng,1 Wen-Shan Chen,2 Jin-Chern Chiou,3 and Ching-Hsing Luo1,4

1Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
2Department of Electronic Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan City 71005, Taiwan
3Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
4Institute of Medical Science and Technology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan

Received 28 September 2013; Revised 9 March 2014; Accepted 9 March 2014; Published 13 April 2014

Academic Editor: Zhongxiang Shen

Copyright © 2014 Ssu-Han Ting et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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