Abstract: This paper describes the principle and standard of electromagnetic shielding effectiveness; and summarizes many papers about electromagnetic shielding fabrics according to the conductive materials, the metal material is still the main material for conductive fabrics. The electromagnetic shielding fabrics are divided into metal blended fabrics, metallized fabrics and conductive non-metallic fabrics. Finally, the paper summarizes the problems and future prospect of electromagnetic shielding fabrics.

Key words: shielding effectiveness; conductive fabrics; metal coating