Experimental Investigation of Textile Planar Capacitive Sensors

Abstract

Capacitive sensors are the subject of sustained interest to researchers and developers, especially in the field of medical systems for continuous monitoring of vital parameters. This is mostly due to their specific features: low cost, nonintrusive and non-invasive, fast response, flexibility and reliability. Considering the advantages of the new materials (conductive textile), this paper presents initial laboratory experiments related to the evaluation of the performance of planar textile capacitive sensors as well as for the estimation of their applicability for sleep disorders monitoring.