Fabrics with conductive paths

Abstract

A fabric-based item may have fabric with conductive strands and insulating strands. The conductive strands may form conductive signal paths and may be coupled to control circuitry. The conductive strands and insulating strands may be woven in a construction that allows multiple conductive strands to contact one another to form a low resistance signal path such as a power line, a data line, or a ground line. The fabric may have a two up and three down twill pattern, a two up and three down twill pattern, or other suitable pattern. The pattern may be selected so that groups of conductive weft strands or groups of conductive warp strands are in contact with one another. The conductive strands may have greater density than the insulating strands. For example, if the weft strands are conductive, the fabric may have a higher number of picks per inch than ends per inch.