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An Insight to Textile Substrates for Wearable Antenna

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Micro-Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

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This paper presents a systematic review of wearable antennas focusing on different textiles used in the fabrication process. Textile fabrics used as substrate in antennas give a wearer a high-end comfort level. To this, several articles related to Wearable Textile Antenna operated at 2.45 GHz ISM band were selected and analyzed. This review shows the variety of textiles such as jute, felt, silk, jeans, and many more that have been used in fabricating a flexible antenna. Furthermore, findings reveal the pros and cons of using the fabric based on different parameters associated while fabricating the antenna. In addition, fabrication techniques such as sewing, printing, and direct handwriting along with antenna structures are also discussed. Finally, the conclusion reflects some future work in the given field.

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Shokeen, S., Singh, H., Sharma, A. (2023). An Insight to Textile Substrates for Wearable Antenna. In: Sharma, D.K., Peng, SL., Sharma, R., Jeon, G. (eds) Micro-Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering . Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 617. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9512-5_43

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