Flexible and washable conductive textile achieved by screen printing for smart fabric applications

providing many different functions. 2. Well established technology in textile. 3. Straight forward and low cost. 4. Versatility of design especially for fine geometries. 5. Ease of fabrication of multi-layer functional devices. • Electrical interconnections (e.g. fabric PCB, left) • Functional electronic elements (e.g. fabric heater, right) 1. Reduce the usage of the expensive silver paste. 2. Improve the reproducibility. 3. Provide protection underneath conductive tracks.