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A complex multilayer screen-printed electroluminescent watch display on fabric

A complex multilayer screen-printed electroluminescent watch display on fabric
A complex multilayer screen-printed electroluminescent watch display on fabric
A screen-printed electroluminescent digital watch display on fabric is presented. This work demonstrates the process of creating interactive printed smart fabrics suitable for a broad range of applications. In order to control the display, a series of tracks were printed that are 400μm wide with a pitch of 1mm; these dimensions are lower than the previously reported literature for connections to an EL lamp. An optimized design for a bus bar layer is designed, modelled and tested. The design improvement reduces the amount of the emitting area covered by an opaque conductor and is shown to have no negative impact on the function of the electroluminescent lamp. The design for the electroluminescent watch display includes 28 electroluminescent lamps on fabric forming four seven-segment displays. The display is the first demonstration of multiple EL seven-segment displays on fabric. The brightness is characterized and compared to commercially available blue electroluminescent lamps. The watch segments had similar brightness to commercially available lamps.
1551-319X
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De Vos, Marc
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Torah, Russel
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Glanc-Gostkiewicz, Monika
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Tudor, Michael
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De Vos, Marc
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Torah, Russel
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Glanc-Gostkiewicz, Monika
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Tudor, Michael
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De Vos, Marc, Torah, Russel, Glanc-Gostkiewicz, Monika and Tudor, Michael (2016) A complex multilayer screen-printed electroluminescent watch display on fabric. Journal of Display Technology, 1-7. (In Press)

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Abstract

A screen-printed electroluminescent digital watch display on fabric is presented. This work demonstrates the process of creating interactive printed smart fabrics suitable for a broad range of applications. In order to control the display, a series of tracks were printed that are 400μm wide with a pitch of 1mm; these dimensions are lower than the previously reported literature for connections to an EL lamp. An optimized design for a bus bar layer is designed, modelled and tested. The design improvement reduces the amount of the emitting area covered by an opaque conductor and is shown to have no negative impact on the function of the electroluminescent lamp. The design for the electroluminescent watch display includes 28 electroluminescent lamps on fabric forming four seven-segment displays. The display is the first demonstration of multiple EL seven-segment displays on fabric. The brightness is characterized and compared to commercially available blue electroluminescent lamps. The watch segments had similar brightness to commercially available lamps.

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Accepted/In Press date: 19 September 2016
Organisations: EEE

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Local EPrints ID: 400764
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/400764
ISSN: 1551-319X
PURE UUID: 3a0c96e7-85cf-41f3-bf67-a3bc1cd4c841
ORCID for Russel Torah: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5598-2860
ORCID for Michael Tudor: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1179-9455

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Date deposited: 26 Sep 2016 10:56
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:55

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Author: Marc De Vos
Author: Russel Torah ORCID iD
Author: Michael Tudor ORCID iD

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