Active Devices Based on Organic Semiconductors for Wearable Applications

Author

Barbaro, Massimo ; Caboni, Alessandra ; Cosseddu, Piero ; Mattana, Giorgio ; Bonfiglio, Annalisa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Volume

14

Issue

3

fYear

2010

fDate

5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

758

Lastpage

766

Abstract

Plastic electronics is an enabling technology for obtaining active (transistor based) electronic circuits on flexible and/or nonplanar surfaces. For these reasons, it appears as a perfect candidate to promote future developments of wearable electronics toward the concept of fabrics and garments made by functional (in this case, active electronic) yarns. In this paper, a panoramic view of recent achievements and future perspectives is given.

Keywords

body sensor networks; organic semiconductors; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; textiles; wearable computers; active electronic circuits; nonplanar surfaces; organic semiconductor; plastic electronics; sensors; wearable electronics; Biomedical monitoring; Clothing; Electronic circuits; Fabrics; Organic semiconductors; Sensor systems; Substrates; Transistors; Wearable sensors; Yarn; E-textiles; organic semiconductors (OSs); sensors; Clothing; Electronics, Medical; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Monitoring, Physiologic; Semiconductors; Textiles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7771

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TITB.2010.2044798

Filename

5443700