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a technology of electronic textiles and textiles, applied in the field of textiles, can solve the problem that at least some electronic components are not provided at their respective designated positions
Inactive Publication Date: 2011-02-17
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
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The invention provides a textile that can be used for manufacturing electronic textiles in a more reliable way. The textile has first and second marker patterns that can be detected by an apparatus or detector, which helps align the textile relative to the electronic components. The use of a common marker pattern that is shared by multiple electronic components can result in dimensional non-uniformity of the textile, so the tolerance on the dimensional non-uniformity of the textile has been increased. The textile can be manufactured using a pick-and-place process or an automated weaving loom, and the marker patterns do not negatively influence the appearance of the textile. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing an electronic textile by aligning the textile relative to the first and second marker patterns, and placing the first and second electronic components at their designated positions. The apparatus or detector can be an optical detection system or a magnetic field detection system. The invention also provides an electronic textile comprising a first marker pattern and a second marker pattern that can be detected by an apparatus or detector.
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A drawback of the known electronic textile is that the manufacture by using conventional equipment known from the electronicsassembly industry often results in at least some of the electronic components not being provided at their respective designated positions on the textile.
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a textile according to the invention is the textile 1 shown in FIG. 1 that is arranged to electrically address electronic components via warp and weft yarns comprising electrically conductive fibers. FIG. 1 shows the warp yarns 141 and 142, and the weft yarns 151 and 152, respectively.
The textile 1 comprises four designated positions 121, 122, 123, and 124 in a 2-by-2 arrangement. A designated position is a position on a textile where an electronic component is to be provided, taking into account the available tolerance in connecting the electronic component to the textile. In other words, a designated position defines an area on a textile in which an electronic component must be placed in order to be electrically addressable via the textile.
The textile 1 comprises eight markers 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, and 118, that can for instance be woven, embroidered or printed onto the textile 1.
The markers 111-118 define a set of marker patterns. In the context of this invention, a ...
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a textile according to the invention is the textile 2 as shown in FIG. 2, comprising a first layer 21 and a second layer 22, that can readily be manufactured using an automated weaving loom.
In the textile 2, the first layer 21 is arranged to be provided with electronic components at the designated positions 221, 222, 223, and 224, while the second layer 22 comprises the markers 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, and 218. In FIG. 2, the projections of the markers 211-218 on the first layer 21 are shown with dashed outlines. Similarly as for the textile 1 of FIG. 1, the markers 211-218 define four marker patterns, each of which marks a designated position on the first layer 21, such as the designated position 221 that is marked by the marker pattern {211, 212}, which defines a line whose projection on the first layer 21 overlaps with the associated designated position 221.
The markers 211-218 can either be detected by a detector facing the first layer 21, or by a detector facing the se...
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The invention relates to a textile (1) for mounting a first electronic component at a first designated position (121) on the textile, and for mounting a second electronic component at a second designated position (122) on the textile, the textile comprising a first marker pattern (111, 112) associated with the first designated position, and a second marker pattern (113, 114) associated with the second designated position. With the textile according to the invention, an electronic textile can be reliably manufactured using conventional equipment known from the electronicsassembly industry, such as a pick-and-place apparatus, whereby the electronic components are properly provided at their respective designated positions on the textile.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe invention relates to a textile for mounting a first electronic component at a first designated position on the textile and a second electronic component at a second designated position on the textile. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing an electronic textile. The invention further relates to an apparatus for manufacturing an electronic textile. The invention further relates to an electronic textile comprising a first electronic component, a second electronic component, and a textile.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONA textile is a material comprised of interlacing fibers that can for instance be manufactured by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, or pressing fibers together. Many types of textiles are used in our every day life. When electronic components (i.e. devices that work by controlling the flow of electrons) are integrated into a textile new application fields emerge. When the textile is an integral part of the electrical circuit c...
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