Logic Gates on Fiber: Building Blocks for electronic Textiles
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چکیده
Electrotextiles denote the class of fabric structures that integrate electronic elements with textiles. One of the outstanding features of electrotextiles is the ability to personalize. Each system can be tailored by choosing the type of fibers that are included in the design. Another outstanding feature is that electronics can be distributed and made invisible in electrotextiles. It makes the technology invisible, embedded in our natural surroundings, present wherever we need it, enabled by simple and effortless interactions, attuned to all our senses, adaptive to users and context, and autonomously acting [1]. Research on the integration of electronic devices on fibers, which are woven into fabric is being conducted by various groups [2,3]. Thin film transistors were fabricated on polyimide sheets and cut into fibers. The transistors on the fibers were interconnected using conductor fibers, by weaving the fibers using spacer fibers, and a woven inverter circuit has been demonstrated [2]. The amorphous Si thin film transistors (TFTs) were fabricated at 150 C on polymer substrates [3].
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