Integrating Electronics to Textiles by Ultrasonic Welding for Cable-Driven Applications for Smart Textiles
The connection between flexible textiles and stiff electronic components has always been structurally weak and a limiting factor in the establishment of smart textiles in our everyday life. This paper focuses on the formation of reliable connections between conductive textiles and conventional litz...
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| author | Sebastian Micus Sahar Golmohammadi Rostami Michael Haupt Götz T. Gresser Milad Alizadeh Meghrazi Ladan Eskandarian |
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| description | The connection between flexible textiles and stiff electronic components has always been structurally weak and a limiting factor in the establishment of smart textiles in our everyday life. This paper focuses on the formation of reliable connections between conductive textiles and conventional litz wires using ultrasonic welding. The paper offers a promising approach to solving this problem. The electrical and mechanical performance of the samples were investigated after 15 and 30 wash-and-dry cycles in a laundry machine. Here the contact resistances and their peeling strength were measured. Furthermore, their connection properties were analysed in microsections. The resistance of the joints increased more than 300%, because the silver-coated wires suffered under the laundry cycles. Meanwhile, the mechanical strength during the peeling test decreased by only about 20% after 15 cycles and remained the same after 30 cycles. The good results obtained in this study suggest that ultrasonic welding offers a useful approach to the connection of textile electronics to conductive wires and to the manufacture of smart textiles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f7242f4d413d40cfb0bb145f973e7ae42023-11-22T16:26:20ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442021-10-011419573510.3390/ma14195735Integrating Electronics to Textiles by Ultrasonic Welding for Cable-Driven Applications for Smart TextilesSebastian Micus0Sahar Golmohammadi Rostami1Michael Haupt2Götz T. Gresser3Milad Alizadeh Meghrazi4Ladan Eskandarian5German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF), 73770 Denkendorf, GermanyResearch and Development Department, Myant Inc., Toronto, ON M9W 1B6, CanadaGerman Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF), 73770 Denkendorf, GermanyGerman Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF), 73770 Denkendorf, GermanyResearch and Development Department, Myant Inc., Toronto, ON M9W 1B6, CanadaResearch and Development Department, Myant Inc., Toronto, ON M9W 1B6, CanadaThe connection between flexible textiles and stiff electronic components has always been structurally weak and a limiting factor in the establishment of smart textiles in our everyday life. This paper focuses on the formation of reliable connections between conductive textiles and conventional litz wires using ultrasonic welding. The paper offers a promising approach to solving this problem. The electrical and mechanical performance of the samples were investigated after 15 and 30 wash-and-dry cycles in a laundry machine. Here the contact resistances and their peeling strength were measured. Furthermore, their connection properties were analysed in microsections. The resistance of the joints increased more than 300%, because the silver-coated wires suffered under the laundry cycles. Meanwhile, the mechanical strength during the peeling test decreased by only about 20% after 15 cycles and remained the same after 30 cycles. The good results obtained in this study suggest that ultrasonic welding offers a useful approach to the connection of textile electronics to conductive wires and to the manufacture of smart textiles.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/19/5735smart textilese-textilesultrasonic weldingelectronics to textiles |
| spellingShingle | Sebastian Micus Sahar Golmohammadi Rostami Michael Haupt Götz T. Gresser Milad Alizadeh Meghrazi Ladan Eskandarian Integrating Electronics to Textiles by Ultrasonic Welding for Cable-Driven Applications for Smart Textiles Materials smart textiles e-textiles ultrasonic welding electronics to textiles |
| title | Integrating Electronics to Textiles by Ultrasonic Welding for Cable-Driven Applications for Smart Textiles |
| title_full | Integrating Electronics to Textiles by Ultrasonic Welding for Cable-Driven Applications for Smart Textiles |
| title_fullStr | Integrating Electronics to Textiles by Ultrasonic Welding for Cable-Driven Applications for Smart Textiles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating Electronics to Textiles by Ultrasonic Welding for Cable-Driven Applications for Smart Textiles |
| title_short | Integrating Electronics to Textiles by Ultrasonic Welding for Cable-Driven Applications for Smart Textiles |
| title_sort | integrating electronics to textiles by ultrasonic welding for cable driven applications for smart textiles |
| topic | smart textiles e-textiles ultrasonic welding electronics to textiles |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/19/5735 |
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