Fashion & Textile Research Journal (한국의류산업학회지)

The Society of Fashion and Textile Industry (한국의류산업학회)
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Design and Fabrication of Signal and Power Transmission Textile Cable for Smart Wearables

스마트 웨어러블의 신호와 전력 전송용 섬유형 케이블 개발

  • Lee, Hyewon (IT Fusion Tech. Research Center, Chosun University) ;
  • Im, Hyo bin (Culture Technology Research Center, Sangmyung University) ;
  • Roh, Jung-Sim (Dept. of Fashion & Textiles, Sangmyung University)
  • 이혜원 (조선대학교 IT융합신기술연구센터) ;
  • 임효빈 (상명대학교 문화기술연구소) ;
  • 노정심 (상명대학교 의류학과)
  • Received : 2018.08.23
  • Accepted : 2018.10.05
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

Recently, many researches have been conducted to improve the performance and wearability of smart wearables. In this study, we designed and fabricated the signal and power transmission textile cables for smart wearables which have excellent wearability, durability and reliability. For the signal transmission textile cables, conductive yarns for the signal line and the ground line were developed. Three types of signal transmission textile cables have been developed using the conductive yarns. Linear density, tensile properties, electrical resistance and RF characteristics were tested to characterize the physical and electrical properties of three signal transmission textile cables. The conductive yarns have the very low resistance of $0.05{\Omega}/cm$ and showed excellent uniformity of electric resistance. Therefore, the electrical resistance of the signal transmission fiber cable can be reduced by increasing the number of conductive yarns used in signal and ground lines. However, the radio frequency (RF) characteristics of the signal transmission textile cables were better as the number of strands of the conductive yarns used was smaller. This is because the smaller the number of strands of conductive yarn used in signal transmission textile cables, the narrower and more parallel the distance between the signal line and the ground line. It is expected that the signal and power transmission textile cable for signal and power transmission will be utilized in smart wearable products.

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