TY - GEN
T1 - Washing Reliability of Painted, Embroidered, and Electro-textile Wearable RFID Tags
AU - Guibert, Maxime
AU - Massicart, Alexandre
AU - Chen, Xiaochen
AU - He, Han
AU - Torres, Jeremie
AU - Ukkonen, Leena
AU - Virkki, Johanna
N1 - jufoid=72518
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In this paper, we present textile antennas fabricated for wearable RFID applications by cutting from commercially available electro-textile, by sewing with conductive thread, and by painting with conductive paint on a 100% cotton fabric. The ready tags with attached ICs are coated with a protective encapsulant. The wireless performance of the tags is evaluated initially, after moisture testing in tap water, and after five washing cycles in a household washing machine. The initial read ranges of the electro-textile, embroidered, and painted tags are around 10, 6, and 4 meters, respectively. Based on the reliability testing results, the coating protects the components from moisture but the mechanical stress during washing cycles has a major effect on the tags' reliability.
AB - In this paper, we present textile antennas fabricated for wearable RFID applications by cutting from commercially available electro-textile, by sewing with conductive thread, and by painting with conductive paint on a 100% cotton fabric. The ready tags with attached ICs are coated with a protective encapsulant. The wireless performance of the tags is evaluated initially, after moisture testing in tap water, and after five washing cycles in a household washing machine. The initial read ranges of the electro-textile, embroidered, and painted tags are around 10, 6, and 4 meters, respectively. Based on the reliability testing results, the coating protects the components from moisture but the mechanical stress during washing cycles has a major effect on the tags' reliability.
U2 - 10.1109/PIERS-FALL.2017.8293249
DO - 10.1109/PIERS-FALL.2017.8293249
M3 - Conference contribution
BT - 2017 Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Fall (PIERS - FALL)
PB - IEEE
T2 - Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium
Y2 - 1 January 1900
ER -