Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Erwin Altewischer

Liesbeth Van Pieterson

Rabin Bhattacharya

Thomas Schuler

Guido Lamerichs

Martijn Krans

Koen Van Os

The present invention relates to a flexible modular assembly () comprising at least two flexible electronic modules (and) supported by a textile support (). The two flexible electronic modules and the textile support each comprise a set of electrical conductors. The flexible modular assembly further comprises flexible connectors () for interconnecting two sets of electrical conductors. The flexible modular assembly of the invention is a modular textile assembly for use in large-area applications of electronic textiles.

Flexible modular assembly

The invention relates to an electronic textile comprising a textile substrate having a substrate electrode, and an electronic component having a component electrode. The component electrode is in electrically conductive contact with the substrate electrode via a coupling layer having a directionally dependent conductance so as to preferentially allow an electrical current to flow between the substrate electrode and the component electrode. As the coupling layer does not have to be patterned to prevent the occurrence of parasitic electrical currents, the electrically conductive contact between the substrate electrode and the component electrode has an improved reliability.

Electronic textile

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Erwin Altewischer