High performance flexible fabric electronics for megahertz frequency communications

Acti, Tessa; Zhang, Shiyu; Chauraya, Alford; Whittow, William G.; Seager, Rob; Dias, Tilak; Vardaxoglou, Yiannis

doi:10.1109/lapc.2011.6114088

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“…Two conference papers from 2010 have also describe conformable antennas for space suits [127,128]. The production of flexible embroidered antennas has been reported as suitable for megahertz frequency communications [129,130]. This type of antenna is highly sensitive and has been employed for unilateral magnetic resonance measurements [131].…”

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A Historical Review of the Development of Electronic Textiles

Hughes‐Riley

Dias

Cork

2018

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Abstract:Textiles have been at the heart of human technological progress for thousands of years, with textile developments closely tied to key inventions that have shaped societies. The relatively recent invention of electronic textiles is set to push boundaries again and has already opened up the potential for garments relevant to defense, sports, medicine, and health monitoring. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the key innovative pathways in the development of electronic textiles to date using sources available in the public domain regarding electronic textiles (E-textiles); this includes academic literature, commercialized products, and published patents. The literature shows that electronics can be integrated into textiles, where integration is achieved by either attaching the electronics onto the surface of a textile, electronics are added at the textile manufacturing stage, or electronics are incorporated at the yarn stage. Methods of integration can have an influence on the textiles properties such as the drapability of the textile.

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Section: Communication Devicesmentioning

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A Historical Review of the Development of Electronic Textiles

Hughes‐Riley

Dias

Cork

2018

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“…Computerized embroidery machines can be used to fabricate the textile antennas quickly and on a mass manufacturing scale with the flexibility to change the designs at minimal costs or inconvenience. Using automated machinery requires that suitable threads must be chosen that do not break when under substantial tension [8].…”

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Addressing the challenges of fabricating microwave antennas using conductive threads

Chauraya

Zhang

Whittow

et al. 2012

2012 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP)

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Abstract-This paper examines the advantages and challenges of creating microwave patch antennas using conducting threads. The antennas are produced using automated embroidery machinery that could be easily scaled up to mass manufacture. Textile patch antennas are designed that resonate between 2 and 2.7GHz depending on the substrate. Different stitch directions and compositions were considered. Measured gain and efficiency results are included in this paper.

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“…This is obviously a time-consuming process that is not amenable to mass manufacturing and alternatives are sought. One alternative technique that has been investigated is the use of computerised embroidery in which a conducting yarn is used to embroider conducting features, such as a patch antenna, onto a non-conducting textile base, or substrate, layer [5]. Although computerised embroidery is a step forward with regard to efficient manufacturing, it is still a relatively slow process and the conducting surfaces created often suffer from poor continuous conductivity.…”

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Experimental knitted, textile frequency selective surfaces

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A new approach to the manufacture of conducting textiles for operation at microwave frequencies is reported. The technique investigated utilises a commercial flat-bed knitting process which is configured to use conducting yarns to produce large area, patterned, conducting textiles in an efficient manner which is amenable to mass production. The computerised flat-bed knitting system is used to manufacture example frequency selective surfaces (FSSs) using silver coated nylon yarn combined with a polyester base yarn. Reflectivity measurements are presented to confirm the basic operation of both a lowpass and a highpass knitted, textile FSS.

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High performance flexible fabric electronics for megahertz frequency communications

Cited by 21 publications

References 14 publications

A Historical Review of the Development of Electronic Textiles

A Historical Review of the Development of Electronic Textiles

Addressing the challenges of fabricating microwave antennas using conductive threads

Experimental knitted, textile frequency selective surfaces

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