With the advent of textile antennas, a number of potential applications have emerged. To mention a few: rescue applications and real-time physiological measurement systems. There has been a matching interest in the antenna community to design and utilize wearable textile antennas in recent years. Antennas play a paramount role in the optimal design of wearable units used in these services. In the future, we will even encounter body-wom antenna systems embedded in so-called "smart clothes". Within a couple of years smart clothes may find their place in our every day living; they will emerge in various sports outfits, emergency workers' outfits, military, medical, and space suits [1]. This paper will discuss the effects of finite conductivity of conductive textiles on the electrical performance of SoftWearAntennas. Furthermore, a special attention is given for the usability of appropriate impedance models in full-wave simulations.
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