Durability of Wearable Antennas Based on Nonwoven Conductive Fabrics: Experimental Study on Resistance to Washing and Ironing

Figure 8

Results of the durability test performed on the prototypes shown in Figure 5: (a) prototype fabricated exploiting Fabric #1; (b) Fabric #2-based prototype; (c) prototype based on the use of the Fabric #3; (d) effects of the feed-line unsticking on the antenna frequency behavior.

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