Single body-coupled fiber enables chipless textile electronics

Intelligent textiles provide an ideal platform for merging technology into daily routines. However, current textile electronic systems often rely on rigid silicon components, which limits seamless integration, energy efficiency, and comfort. Chipless electronic systems still face digital logic chall...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2024-04, Vol.384 (6691), p.74-81
Main Authors: Yang, Weifeng, Lin, Shaomei, Gong, Wei, Lin, Rongzhou, Jiang, Chengmei, Yang, Xin, Hu, Yunhao, Wang, Jingjie, Xiao, Xiao, Li, Kerui, Li, Yaogang, Zhang, Qinghong, Ho, John S, Liu, Yuxin, Hou, Chengyi, Wang, Hongzhi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Electronic components
Fibers
Information processing
Sensory integration
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Summary:Intelligent textiles provide an ideal platform for merging technology into daily routines. However, current textile electronic systems often rely on rigid silicon components, which limits seamless integration, energy efficiency, and comfort. Chipless electronic systems still face digital logic challenges owing to the lack of dynamic energy-switching carriers. We propose a chipless body-coupled energy interaction mechanism for ambient electromagnetic energy harvesting and wireless signal transmission through a single fiber. The fiber itself enables wireless visual-digital interactions without the need for extra chips or batteries on textiles. Because all of the electronic assemblies are merged in a miniature fiber, this facilitates scalable fabrication and compatibility with modern weaving techniques, thereby enabling versatile and intelligent clothing. We propose a strategy that may address the problems of silicon-based textile systems.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.adk3755