Investigating flexible textile-based coils for wireless charging wearable electronics

Danmei Sun, Meixuan Chen, Symon Podilchak, Apostolos Georgiadis, Qassim Abdullahi, Rahil Joshi, Sohail Yasin, Jean Rooney, John Rooney

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Abstract

Smart and interactive textiles have been attracted great attention in recent years. This research explored three different techniques and processes in developing textile-based conductive coils that are able to embed in a garment layer. Coils made through embroidery and screen printing have good dimensional stability, although the resistance of screen printed coil is too high due to the low conductivity of the print ink. Laser cut coil provided the best electrical conductivity; however, the disadvantage of this method is that it is very difficult to keep the completed coil to the predetermined shape and dimension. The tested results show that an electromagnetic field has been generated between the textile-based conductive coil and an external coil that is directly powered
by electricity. The magnetic field and electric field worked simultaneously to complete the wireless charging process.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)333–345
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Industrial Textiles
Volume50
Issue number3
Early online date14 Feb 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2020

Keywords

  • Wireless charging
  • embroidery
  • flexible conductive coil
  • laser cut
  • screen print
  • wearable electronics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Materials Science (miscellaneous)
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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