title: Fabric circuit board-based dry electrode and its characteristics for long-term physiological signal recording.
abstract: This paper presents a dry fabric electrode and its characteristics. For long-term physiological signal monitoring, conventional wet type electrode such as an Ag/AgCl electrode may not be sufficient, because captured signal strength degrades over time as its electrolyte dehydrates. Moreover, the electrolyte may cause skin irritation over a period of time. As a complement, a dry electrode can be used. In this work, fabric-based dry electrodes are introduced. Planar-Fabric Circuit Board (P-FCB) technology enables low cost and uniform productions of such electrodes; electrical properties of the electrodes with various materials, sizes, and time are shown. Both the strengths and drawbacks of the fabric-based electrodes are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE. jyoo@masdar.ac.ae
authors.forename: Jerald
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Hoi-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D004566:Electrodes; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*