Table 1 Proposed antenna vs other wearable antennas.

From: A pocket-integrated miniature, dual-band, and high gain textile MIMO antenna for 5G and WiFi wearable applications

[Ref.]

(Year)

7

(2022)

8

(2023)

9

(2023)

10

(2023)

11

(2024)

12

(2024)

13

(2024)

Prop.

Antenna type

MIMO

MIMO

MIMO

Single

MIMO

MIMO

MIMO

MIMO

Isolation

15

20

19.8

20

12

20

25

Area (mm2)

92 × 92

33 × 22.5

80 × 40

55 × 55

56 × 41

40 × 50

44 × 44

24 × 24

Area (λ02)

0.75 × 0.75 (0.56)

0.38 × 0.26 (0.10)

1.67 × 0.81 (1.357)

0.37 × 0.25 (0.09)

0.41 × 0.3 (0.123)

0.47 × 0.40 (0.192)

0.63 × 0.63 (0.39)

0.28 × 0.28 (0.078)

Frequency (GHz)

2–14

3.4/5.3

5.6

2.4

4.0/8.1

4.6

4.3

3.5/5.2

Bandwidth (%)

120

11/08

34.87

3.8

110.5

74

2.2

11.4/17.5

Peak gain (dBi)

7.2

7.2/5.6

7.95

3.86

4.3

6.7

3.0

8.3/13.0

Bending analysis done

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ECC

0.04

0.05

0.35

0.002

0.0005

0.015

0.006/0.002

SAR (W/Kg) 1 g/10 g

0.0125/–

(at 50 mW)

0.36/0.35

0.51/0.53

(at 1 W)

100.6/66.7

39.6/25.2

(at 1 W)

1.93/–

(at 1 W)

0.034/0.057

0.026/0.013

(at 0.5 W)