1. 1. Electronic-Textiles ASHISH DUA TEXTILE CHEMISTRY.

2. 2. What are electronic-textiles Materials with electronic functionality and at the same
time textile characteristic Incorporating some amount of conductive material- enable
electrical conductivity Contains conductive yarns Use textile manufacturing techniques
3. 3. Development behind of electronic textiles To create innovative design and the
intelligent products Electrical conductors are easier to- handle in textile fabrication
processes. Electronic means that a system is able to exchange and process
information If textiles had the ability to record, analyze, store, send and display data
miniaturization of electronic components and attachment to textiles
4. 4. Design issues for wearable e-textiles Environment issue Human body and motion,
Manufacturability (weave & piecework), Networking, Power consumption, and
Software execution.
5. 5. Advantages of using E-Textiles overconventional electronics Large flexible area -
create new computer designs and architectures Elastic and extendable Produced at
low-cost Fibre/air composite nature gives excellent comfortE-textiles- warmth, softness,
lightweight and breathability- sympathaticHigh technology products - rigidity and
asympathatic nature.
6. 6. Combination of electronics and textiles
7. 7. Requirements for embedding electronic functions in theclothing Flexibility
Lightweight Comfort Conductivity Good process ability Good wear ability Finally
,low cost
8. 8. Components of a wearable electronic textile system Network unit: transmission of
data within them wearable computer and to external networks Sensor unit: registration
of biometric and environmental data and of user commands Processing unit:
calculating, analysing and storing data Power unit: supplying energy Action unit:
adapting to situations, creating an effect on the user, displaying data
9. 9. Conductive media For electronic Textile
10. 10. Conductive Polymers
11. 11. Optical or glass fibre for electronics Optical or glass fibers 120 microns in dia used
telecommunications, local area networks (LANs), cable TV, closed circuit TV filament
developed by drawing molten glass through bushings optical fiber sensors, and
conductive textiles to carry signals in the form of pulses of light optical fibers offer
excellent strength and sunlight resistance, relatively stiff ,poor flexibility, drapeability and
abrasion resistance.
12. 12. Types of yarns and fabricsYarns Spun yarns Filament yarns Plied yarnsFabric
Woven Knitted Braided tapes and cords Non Woven
13. 13. Conductive fabricsThe fabric compose of alternate polymer and metal yarn. metal
wire possesses a thin polymer coating for electrical insulation Twisted metal wire, metal
wire is twisted around the polymer yarn Metal filaments conductive yarn consists of
staple yarn with metallic fibers Metal coating polymer yarn,is chemically coated with a
thin metal layer
14. 14. Conductive fabrics Printing on fabric : by ink-jet or screen-printing on non-
conductive fabric Conductive inks, pastes base on silver high brittleness on Bending
destroy conductive structure so elastic polymer layer use between the fabric and the
conductive paste to mitigate this effect
15. 15. Conductive textile exist ORGANZA (metallized silk) FLECTRON (metallized
polyester) BELLTRON (polyester or polyamide with carbon) CT (carbonised glass
fibre textile) Statex 117/17 twine (silver-coated polyamide yarn)117 dtex34 no of fibres
in twine, resistance is around 500/m
16. 16. Metallic Silk organza created by wrapping a non-conductive yarn with a metallic
copper, silver, or gold foil metallic organza woven silk warp yarn and silk yarn is
wrapped with copper in the weft direction silk fiber core has a high tensile strength and
can withstand high temperatures it allows the metallic organza to be sewen or
embroidered on industrial machinery strip of is fabric can function like a ribbon cable
 This metallic thread is prepared like cloth-core telephone wire, highly conductive (~0.1
/cm)
17. 17. How to protect sensor actuators..By Encapsulation
18. 18. Fibre batteries electrochemical cell generate voltage by red-ox rxn, battery is series
of electrochemical cells Battery electrodes consist of metals, metal oxides, carbon-
based materials, conducting polymers Metals are typically employed as anodes, metal
oxides as cathodes, carbon materials as cathodes polymers can act as both cathodes or
anodes fiber cells fabricated by coating a fiber with thin film layers, consisting of the
same materials typically used in flat batteries, such as LiCoO2 as cathode, lithium as
anode, and LiPON( lithium phosphorus oxynitride Li3.1 PO3.3 N0.5) as solid electrolyte
19. 19. Textile Based Capacitive Pressure Sensor decoding the pressure exerted over
abroad piece of fabric by a mean of capacitive sensing device described produces an
image of the pressure field over the sensing surface, providing both information on the
position of the area touched and on the pressure exerted on it capacitor has been made
with the coupling capacitance between two conductive strips separated by an elastic and
dielectric material The conductive columns and rows can be simply drawn onto opposite
sides of a piece of insulating material using conductive ink
20. 20. Cont. dielectric layer between a given row and column of electrodes is squeezed,
as pressure is exerted over the corresponding fabric area, the coupling capacitance
between is changed
21. 21. Fabric as an acoustic array for location determination computational fabric serving
as an acoustic array capable of determining location and direction of motion of a enemy
vehicle Use basic technique Global Positioning System (GPS)
22. 22. Wearable Motherboard Georgia Tech Wearable Motherboard provides versatile
frame work for the incorporation of sensing, monitoring and information processing
devices. It uses optical fibers to detect bullet wounds, and special sensors and
interconnections to monitor the body vital signs of individuals lightweight and can be
worn easily by anyone
23. 23. Cont Having wearable motherboard programmable computing device hardware,
software and soft wear components as an integral part of the fabric/garment garment
including electrically conductive fibres and optical fibres for transfering information from
sensors to processing units Electrical fibre (e.g. stainless steel, copper or doped nylon
fibre) is insulated with a PVC or PE coating
24. 24. Cont Used Flexible chips (silicon)Power supply lithium polymer battery and
micro fuel cells Energy come from Sunlight, body temperature and body motion energy
transformed into electrical energy Use temp difference between outside and inside of
clothing which produce power of few microwatts / cm2
25. 25. Musical jackets By -MIT Media Lab Sound is projected through mini-speakers in the
jackets pockets whole setup weighs less than one pound most of weight from batteries
and speaker cases unclip the speakers, batteries, and synthesizer and it can wash
easily MIT Media Lab created the Musical Jacket marketed by Levi in Europe
26. 26. Colour changing fabric Electric Plaid fabric contains interwoven stainless steel
yarns, painted with thermochromic inks, which are connected to electronics drive The
flexible wall hangings can then be programmed to change color in response to heat from
the conducting wires
27. 27. High performance electronic sportsweare ByPhilips Enhance performance for a
workout at the gym, extreme sporting activities Integrated fabric sensors to monitor and
display pulse, blood pressure, time, distance, speed, and calories Sensors can also
record arm action for improving golf or tennis swings, body temperature
28. 28. Jacket by Levi Strauss & Philips For communication mobile phone and MP3 player,
speakers, a microphone and a display Devices and control pad can be disconnected for
garment launderingnsSmart Shirt (Georgia Institute ) monitors the wearers heart rate,
ECG respiration, Skien temperature, and other vital signs
29. 29. Mamagoose pajama By Verhaert prevention from sudden infant death syndrome
due to endowed with heartbeat
30. 30. Smart interiors Switching and pressure sensing incorporated invisibly into interior.
Textiles in the home or office to control lighting, security, temperature or other electronic
appliances Light switches/dimmers into seating upholstery or carpets Audio-visual
remote controls into soft furnishings Interior environmental conditions can be changed
using wearable switches or by touching wall coverings
31. 31. Products by Eleksen Soft wrist phone
32. 32. Limitations of E-textiles Limited reliability Limitation concerning mass production
Limited processing and storage capability-limited power supply Specific range of
applications Not as flexible as textile clothing
33. 33. Electronic Textile Future consumer look for innovative intelligent products
geometric and mechanical properties of textiles (large flexible area) differ strongly from
conventional electronics and can create new computer designs and
architecturesResearch has to be carried out testing under wearing conditions
washing/cleaning treatments investigation of reliability
34. 34. North Carolina StateUniversitys (NCSUs)
35. 35. Conclusion Electronic textile is a result of the convergence of microelectronics with
textiles surrounding us in our daily life Used in clothing, home textiles, military, navy,
medical application. Limited reliability, high cost Specific range of applications Not as
flexible as textile clothing
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