Printed Intelligent Device Group

PIDG Printed Intelligent Device Group Roll-to-Roll, Flexible, Stretchable, Comformable and Multi-Functional Conventional sensor electronic circuit fabrication relies on lithography and subtractive processes. The growing need to achieve cost-effective, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly manufacturing is driving a paradigm shift towards large area manufacturing processes, widely known as printed electronics. PID leverages SIMTech’s interdisciplinary manufacturing technologies and competencies to research, innovate, and commercialise printed electronics manufacturing processes for emerging and use-inspired applications. PID’s key research focuses on disruptive form factor of printed sensors leveraging manufacturing processes such as coating, printing, laser patterning and lamination. Relevant Industries Automotive Building Electronics Print and Wearable Device Media Manufacturing

Customer Story Roll-to-Roll Printed Electrodes for Sensing Wearable SIMTech manufactures the sensing electrodes that pick up bio-signals from the surface of the body by Roll-to-Roll printing. In the industry collaboration project, smart Internet of Things (IoT) start-up KaHa provided the software expertise for raw bio-data to be processed and presented via mobile app to track heart rates and ECG signals while Tex Line, a local textile company, has integrated both technologies into the shirt’s fabric to make the first made-in-Singapore Smart Sports Apparel. “ Together with our strategic partners SIMTech and Tex Line, this first made-in-“ Singapore Smart Fitness T-Shirt presents a great leap forward for the smart“ wearables frontier and KaHa is proud to be leading the way. We look forward to revolutionising the way people take care of their health and helping shape the future of smart wearables in Singapore and the world Ms Sim Seo Lay, Head of Business Development & Operations, KaHa “ With the dedication of SIMTech and KaHa, Tex Line is able to develop an innovative product through the combination of our apparel manufacturing expertise and cutting edge technology. We need to catch the wave early and put ourselves in the forefront of this booming technology Mr Justin Tan, Product Manager, Tex Line Associates MORE STORIES? SCAN HERE Technologies for Transfer Manufacturing Process for Flexible Flexible Fuctional Parts Electronics • Roll-to-Roll printed transparent conductive film • Sheet-to-Sheet and Roll-to-Roll printing • Printed flexible, conformal sensors, circuitry and processes devices, e.g. printed heater, ECG electrode, presure • Thermal transfer of printed devices from sensor polymer to fabric Singapore Institute of Mr Lok Boon Keng +65 6793 8998 Manufacturing Technology Group Manager (PIDG) 2 Fusionopolis Way, #08-04, Innovis, [email protected] Singapore 138634 www.a-star.edu.sg/SIMTech 09/21