title: Encapsulation for smart textile electronics - humidity and temperature sensor.
abstract: A combined humidity and temperature sensor was packaged by vacuum casting onto three different types of textiles; cotton, nylon and a waterproof fabric. This was done in order to integrate the sensor in a jacket in a soft and reliable way without changing the sensor performance. A membrane was custom made and integrated into the device to protect the sensor from the environment. The packaged sensors performance was characterized in a climate chamber were the relative humidity and temperature ranged from 25 % to 95 % and -10 °C to 75 °C respectively. The packaged sensors showed insignificant to limited performance degradation.
authors.affiliation: SINTEF ICT Instr. and sensor systems, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.affiliation: HBV - Buskerud and Vestfold University Collage, Borre, Norway.
authors.forename: Thanh-Nam
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.affiliation: HBV - Buskerud and Vestfold University Collage, Borre, Norway.
authors.forename: Knut E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Aasmundtveit
authors.affiliation: SINTEF ICT Instr. and sensor systems, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Trine M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Seeberg
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D032561:Cotton Fiber; D004581:Electronics; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D009757:Nylons; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D013696:Temperature; D013784:Textiles
chemical_list: D009757:Nylons