Development of textile-based transmission lines using conductive yarns and ultrasonic welding technology for e-textile applications

Atalay, Özgür; Kalaoğlu, Fatma; Bahadır, Senem Kurşun

doi:10.1177/1558925019856603

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“…The developments of woven electrical circuits on to fabric using several microchips connected after copper conductors have been woven into a fabric connected by using resistive welding (using top-bottom probes and parallel gap welding) were formed at the cross-over points of orthogonal conductive yarns was studied by Dhawan [ 94 ]. Furthermore, Atalay [ 95 ] developed textile-based transmission lines using stainless steel and silver-plated conductive yarns, which were inserted between two layers of navy blue colored polyester fabric structure, without any undulation in a straight line via applying ultrasonic welding technology for e-textile applications. The results show that stainless steel yarns were simply affected in terms of conductivity change.…”

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Review on the Integration of Microelectronics for E-Textile

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Modern electronic textiles are moving towards flexible wearable textiles, so-called e-textiles that have micro-electronic elements embedded onto the textile fabric that can be used for varied classes of functionalities. There are different methods of integrating rigid microelectronic components into/onto textiles for the development of smart textiles, which include, but are not limited to, physical, mechanical, and chemical approaches. The integration systems must satisfy being flexible, lightweight, stretchable, and washable to offer a superior usability, comfortability, and non-intrusiveness. Furthermore, the resulting wearable garment needs to be breathable. In this review work, three levels of integration of the microelectronics into/onto the textile structures are discussed, the textile-adapted, the textile-integrated, and the textile-based integration. The textile-integrated and the textile-adapted e-textiles have failed to efficiently meet being flexible and washable. To overcome the above problems, researchers studied the integration of microelectronics into/onto textile at fiber or yarn level applying various mechanisms. Hence, a new method of integration, textile-based, has risen to the challenge due to the flexibility and washability advantages of the ultimate product. In general, the aim of this review is to provide a complete overview of the different interconnection methods of electronic components into/onto textile substrate.

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“…Such metal wires or fibers can be quite thin, down to approximately 1 µm, and are thus flexible enough for integration into yarns and textile fabrics [38]. Metal wires even allow for soldering or ultrasonic welding at their intersections to establish conductive fiber networks or circuits [39,40]. Finer fibers, typically from stainless steel, show high flexibility [41], but can nevertheless be destroyed by abrasion, especially during washing [42].…”

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Electronic Textiles

Ehrmann¹,

Ehrmann

2021

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Electronic textiles belong to the broader range of smart (or “intelligent”) textiles. Their “smartness” is enabled by embedded or added electronics and allows the sensing of defined parameters of their environment as well as actuating according to these sensor data. For this purpose, different sensors (e.g., temperature, strain, light sensors) and actuators (e.g., LEDs or mechanical actuators) are embedded and connected with a power supply, a data processor, and internal/external communication.

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“…Atalay et al [ 18 ] used different stainless-steel and different silver-plated yarns to create a signal transmission lines resistant. Therefore, they used the ultrasonic welding technology.…”

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“…Furthermore, the electrical resistance of the silver-plated yarns showed huge variations. Thus, they considered to use stainless-steel yarns for the proposed technology [ 18 ].…”

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Automatic Joining of Electrical Components to Smart Textiles by Ultrasonic Soldering

Micus

Haupt

Gresser

2021

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A suitable connection method to automatically produce E-textiles does not exist. Ultrasonic soldering could be a good solution for that since it works with flux-free solder, which avoids embrittlement of the textile integrated wires. This article describes the detailed process of robot-assisted ultrasonic soldering of e-textiles to printed circuit boards (PCB). The aim is to understand the influencing factors affecting the connection and to determine the corresponding solder parameters. Various test methods are used to evaluate the samples, such as direct optical observation of the microstructure, a peeling tensile test, and a contact resistance measurement. The contact strength increases by reducing the operating temperature and the ultrasonic time. The lower operating temperature and the reduced ultrasonic time cause a more homogeneous metal structure with less defects improving the mechanical strength of the samples.

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Development of textile-based transmission lines using conductive yarns and ultrasonic welding technology for e-textile applications

Cited by 22 publications

References 23 publications

Review on the Integration of Microelectronics for E-Textile

Review on the Integration of Microelectronics for E-Textile

Electronic Textiles

Automatic Joining of Electrical Components to Smart Textiles by Ultrasonic Soldering

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