Impact of Various Wearability Conditions on the Performances of Meander-Line Z-Shaped Embroidered Antenna

Figure 4

(a) Bobbin with top conductive thread and bottom looper thread to be inserted in the lower half of an embroidery machine; (b) fabricated Z-shaped meander-line monopole textile antenna; (c) SEM image showing the interlacement of the conductive and nonconductive threads during the embroidery process.

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