A review of wearable antenna

Author

Rais, N.H.M. ; Soh, P.J. ; Malek, F. ; Ahmad, S. ; Hashim, N.B.M. ; Hall, P.S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Commun., Univ. Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Kuala Perlis, Malaysia

fYear

2009

fDate

16-17 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

225

Lastpage

228

Abstract

Utilization of wearable textiles in the antenna segment has been seen on the rise due to the recent miniaturization of wireless devices. A wearable antenna is meant to be a part of the clothing used for communication purposes, which includes tracking and navigation, mobile computing and public safety. This literature review intend to disclose this unconventional antenna technology and provides readers with the background of the wearable antenna that would include about specification of the antenna, material for the antenna and analysis that must be done to design proper wearable antennas. All the designs presented are of the recent development in wearable technology.

Keywords

wearable antennas; mobile computing; public safety; wearable antenna; wireless devices; Antennas and propagation; Clothing; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic radiation; Humans; Microstrip antennas; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Textiles; Wearable computers; conductive textile antenna; on-body communication; wearable antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas & Propagation Conference, 2009. LAPC 2009. Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2720-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2721-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2009.5352373

Filename

5352373