%0 Journal Article %A Hasliza A. Rahim and Fareq Malek and Ismahayati Adam and Ahmad Sahadah and Nur B. M. Hashim and Nur A. M. Affendi and Azuwa Ali and Norshafinash Saudin and Latifah Mohamed %D 2012 %J International Journal of Materials and Textile Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 72, 2012 %T Investigation of a Wearable Textile Monopole Antenna on Specific Absorption Rate at 2.45 GHz %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/11983 %V 72 %X This paper discusses the investigation of a wearable textile monopole antenna on specific absorption rate (SAR) for bodycentric wireless communication applications at 2.45 GHz. The antenna is characterized on a realistic 8 x 8 x 8 mm3 resolution truncated Hugo body model in CST Microwave Studio software. The result exhibited that the simulated SAR values were reduced significantly by 83.5% as the position of textile monopole was varying between 0 mm and 15 mm away from the human upper arm. A power absorption reduction of 52.2% was also noticed as the distance of textile monopole increased. %P 1538 - 1541