Title :
Planar-Fabric Circuit Board and Silicon-on-Clothes for wearable healthcare applications
Author_Institution :
Microsyst. Eng., Masdar Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
This paper introduces two emerging wearable technologies: Planar-Fabric Circuit Board (P-FCB) and Silicon-on-Clothes (SoC). P-FCB enables fabric itself to become a circuit board and it maximizes wearer´s comfort and safety. Discrete components and dry fabric electrodes made out of P-FCB is discussed and their electrical characteristics are shown. SoC directly integrates silicon chip onto P-FCB to form a system. With these technologies, an example patch sensor is also presented.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; electrodes; fabrics; health care; silicon; P-FCB; Si; fabric electrodes; planar-fabric circuit board; silicon-on-clothes; wearable healthcare applications; wearable technologies; Planar-Fabric Circuit Board (P-FCB); Silicon-on-Clothes; Wearable Electronics; Wearable Healthcare;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL), 2010 3rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8131-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISABEL.2010.5702857
