Woven Electronics: a new perspective for wearable technology

Author

Locci, S. ; Maccioni, M. ; Orgiu, E. ; Bonfiglio, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Cagliari, Cagliari

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3970

Lastpage

3973

Abstract

Endowing a textile substrate (i.e. fibers, yarns, fabrics) with active functions is a new powerful concept, that has recently given rise to several interesting contributions. In this paper, we will describe a possible approach to this intriguing objective, focusing on the technology and on the electronic model. Future applications for this technology will allow to obtain, for instance, matrices of sensors assembled by textile technology and will ensure to obtain for wearable devices the necessary properties of drapability and conformity to the body that are required for these applications.

Keywords

biomedical electronics; conducting polymers; field effect transistors; organic semiconductors; semiconductor device manufacture; textile technology; thin film transistors; body conformity; body drapability; fabrics; fibers; sensor matrices; textile substrate; textile technology; wearable devices; wearable technology; woven electronics; yarns; Biomedical monitoring; Fabrics; OFETs; Optical fiber devices; Organic light emitting diodes; Organic semiconductors; Substrates; Textile fibers; Textile technology; Yarn; Electronics, Medical; Humans; Models, Theoretical; Monitoring, Physiologic; Textiles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353203

Filename

4353203