Besides the radiation and reflection performance of wearable antennas, arguably one of the most important parameters is their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). This work aims to evaluate SAR for wearable antennas integrated with Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) plane made using different material categoriestextiles and a flexible polymer,. Two types of textiles, felt and ShieldIt Super are used to build the first, textile-based antenna, while polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and the fluidic metal eutectic gallium indium alloy (EGaIn) are used to build the second, polymer-based antenna. Both materials are chosen due to their flexibility conformity to the human body, thus providing comfort to users. Despite the SAR for both antenna types did not exceed the European regulatory limits of 2 W/kg averaged over 10g of tissues; there are considerable differences between them.
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