Wearable Electro-Textiles for Battlefield Awareness

Abstract

This summary describes efforts to develop wearable electronic textiles and connectors to support body worn networking, communications, and battlefield awareness for future service members of the U.S. Army. Products developed include textile-based Universal Serial Bus (USB) and radiating antenna, body conformal spiral bus, fastex connector, and universal snap fastener. All products have been tested and successfully demonstrated in a laboratory setting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA431955

Entities

People

  • C. A. Winterhalter
  • Justyna Teverovsky
  • Kang Lee
  • Vikram Sharma
  • Wendy Horowitz

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Antennas
  • Battlefields
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Connectors
  • Electronic Textiles
  • Electronics
  • Fabrics
  • Fasteners
  • Fibers
  • Materials
  • Military Applications
  • Personal Area Networks
  • Situational Awareness
  • Standards
  • Textiles
  • Wearable Technology

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Materials Science
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics