TY  - JOUR
Y1  - 2020///
PB  - MDPI AG
SN  - 2072666X
JF  - Micromachines
A1  - Ali, S.M.
A1  - Sovuthy, C.
A1  - Imran, M.A.
A1  - Socheatra, S.
A1  - Abbasi, Q.H.
A1  - Abidin, Z.Z.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85092459090&doi=10.3390%2fmi11100888&partnerID=40&md5=66f022620f2facf5e5c0422f39de5083
VL  - 11
AV  - none
N1  - cited By 55
N2  - 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. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
IS  - 10
TI  - Recent advances of wearable antennas in materials, fabrication methods, designs, and their applications: State-of-the-art
ID  - scholars12682
KW  - Fabrication; Wireless local area networks (WLAN)
KW  -  Fabrication method; Human bodies; Multiband antennas; Novel design; Smart applications; State of the art; Structural deformation; Wireless body area network
KW  -  Wearable antennas
ER  -