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

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. Sp...

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Published in:Micromachines (Basel) 2020-09, Vol.11 (10), p.888
Main Authors: Ali, Shahid, Sovuthy, Cheab, Imran, Muhammad, Socheatra, Soeung, Abbasi, Qammer, Abidin, Zuhairiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antennas
Body area networks
body-centric communication
Deformation wear
Design
fabrication
Flexibility
Graphene
Human body
Internet of Things
Mechanical properties
Moisture absorption
Nanoparticles
Polymers
Review
Screen printing
Textiles
wearable antennas
Wearable computers
Wearable technology
wireless body area network (WBAN), material
Wireless communications
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2072-666X
2072-666X
DOI:10.3390/mi11100888