Textile arrangement and method for manufacturing
OwnerAkseli Reho, Heikki Jaakkola +1inventors
InventorsAkseli Reho, Heikki Jaakkola, Antti Perko
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Abstract
A textile arrangement that includes at least one flexible circuit board integrated with a textile and a fixedly-integrated electronic component in the flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board includes a flexible and/or tensile substrate, which is configured to bend and/or stretch at least in one direction. In addition, the flexible circuit board includes at least one electrically-conducting trace, at least one end of the trace being coupled with the component. The electrically-conducting trace is configured to bend and/or stretch with the flexible and/or tensile substrate of the circuit board at least in said one direction, when the circuit board is bent and/or stretched.
Claims15
A textile comprising arrangement comprising at least one fixedly-integrated electronic component, comprising:
- at least one flexible circuit board integrated with a textile, and wherein the flexible circuit board comprises:
- flexible and/or tensile substrate configured to bend and/or stretch at least in one direction,
- at least one fixedly-integrated electronic component, and
- at least one electrically-conducting trace, at least one end of said trace being coupled with said fixedly-integrated component, and wherein said electrically-conducting trace is configured to bend and/or stretch with said flexible and/or tensile substrate of the circuit board at least in said one direction.
A method for manufacturing a textile arrangement or a garment, comprising:
- integrating at least one flexible circuit board with the textile by gluing, sewing, laminating or welding, wherein said circuit board comprises flexible and/or tensile substrate configured to bend and/or stretch at least in one direction,
- providing the circuit board with at least one fixedly integrated electronic component, and
- providing the circuit board with at least one electrically-conducting trace, coupling at least one end of said trace with said component, and configuring said electrically-conducting trace to bend and/or stretch with said flexible and/or tensile substrate of the circuit board at least in said one direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.