Bahare Mohamadzade
Recent Advances in Fabrication Methods for Flexible Antennas in Wearable Devices: State of the Art
Mohamadzade, Bahare; Hashmi, Raheel M; Simorangkir, Roy B. V. B.; Gharaei, Reza; Ur Rehman, Sabih; Abbasi, Qammer H.
Authors
Raheel M Hashmi
Dr Roy Simorangkir roy.b.simorangkir@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Reza Gharaei
Sabih Ur Rehman
Qammer H. Abbasi
Abstract
Antennas are a vital component of the wireless body sensor networks devices. A wearable antenna in this system can be used as a communication component or energy harvester. This paper presents a detailed review to recent advances fabrication methods for flexible antennas. Such antennas, for any applications in wireless body sensor networks, have specific considerations such as flexibility, conformability, robustness, and ease of integration, as opposed to conventional antennas. In recent years, intriguing approaches have demonstrated antennas embroidered on fabrics, encapsulated in polymer composites, printed using inkjets on flexible laminates and a 3-D printer and, more interestingly, by injecting liquid metal in microchannels. This article presents an operational perspective of such advanced approaches and beyond, while analyzing the strengths and limitations of each in the microwave as well as millimeter-wave regions. Navigating through recent developments in each area, mechanical and electrical constitutive parameters are reviewed, and finally, some open challenges are presented as well for future research directions.
Citation
Mohamadzade, B., Hashmi, R. M., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., Gharaei, R., Ur Rehman, S., & Abbasi, Q. H. (2019). Recent Advances in Fabrication Methods for Flexible Antennas in Wearable Devices: State of the Art. Sensors, 19(10), Article 2312. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19102312
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | May 19, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2019 |
Deposit Date | Oct 19, 2023 |
Journal | Sensors |
Electronic ISSN | 1424-8220 |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 10 |
Article Number | 2312 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/s19102312 |
Keywords | Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Biochemistry; Instrumentation; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Analytical Chemistry |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1791808 |
Additional Information | This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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