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Recent Advances of Wearable Antennas in Materials, Fabrication Methods, Designs, and Their Applications: State-of-the-Art

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The demand for wearable technologies has grown tremendously in recent years. Wearable antennas are used for various applications, in many cases within the context of wireless body area networks (WBAN). In WBAN, the presence of the human body poses a significant challenge to the wearable antennas. Specifically, such requirements are required to be considered on a priority basis in the wearable antennas, such as structural deformation, precision, and accuracy in fabrication methods and their size. Various researchers are active in this field and, accordingly, some significant progress has been achieved recently. This article attempts to critically review the wearable antennas especially in light of new materials and fabrication methods, and novel designs, such as miniaturized button antennas and miniaturized single and multi-band antennas, and their unique smart applications in WBAN. Finally, the conclusion has been drawn with respect to some future directions.

Source: Micromachines

DOI: 10.3390/mi11100888

Authors: Shahid Ali, Cheab Sovuthy, Muhammad Imran, Soeung Socheatra, Qammer Abbasi, Zuhairiah Abidin

Institutions: Universiti Teknologi Petronas, University of Glasgow, Tun Hussein Onn University of Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Antenna Design and Analysis

Subfield: Aerospace Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,690

Funders: Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Yayasan UTP