, say U.S. researchers to create the most rapid and scalable wearable IC, electronic system can let the staff made skin remote wireless monitoring patients...

The United States at the University of Wisconsin - Madison (University of Wisconsin - Madison; UW - Madison) researchers claim that create the most rapid and scalable wearable integrated circuit (IC), the development is expected to promote the Internet of things (IoT) and more high-speed wireless networking progress of the world.

Engineers have to seek for the extended function and application of wearable electronics manufacturers - especially dedicated to the development and utilization of a new generation of wireless broadband technology (i.e., 5 g) equipment, create a platform.

The expandable circuit has a unique structure, is mainly due to the inspired by twisted pair of telephone lines. Basically, it contains two patterns to repeat the S curve of super fine power transmission line.

The layers of the shape of the winding, with 2 layers of segmented block of metal, like 3 d puzzles - give a transmission line is able to stretch without affecting the performance ability. It also helps to protect the circuit from outside interference, at the same time limit through the intervening electromagnetic wave, almost completely eliminates the current loss. At present, the expandable integrated circuit can be operation in as much as 40 GHZ frequency modulation (RF).

In addition, compared with the width could reach 640 microns (or 0.64 mm) other scalable transmission lines, these new scalable circuit only 25 microns (or 0.025 mm) thick. This is extremely small, even small enough to achieve high efficiency in the epidermis a variety of applications such as electronic systems.

To UW Madison - department of electrical and computer engineering professor Zhenqiang Ma (Jack) as the leading research team, in the journal of Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Functional Materials) journals published the powerful, efficient IC research details.

Over the past decade, Ma's team has been committed to the development of the so-called transistor active components. The latest progress in combination of the researchers in the field of high frequency with the soft electronic professional skills.

The study was conducted by the U.S. Air Force Scientific Research Office (Air Force Office of Scientific Research) support. "We have found a new way, to the high frequency active transistor integrated can effective wireless transmission circuit," Ma said that this "is a platform, and for many new function opens the door." In mobile communication, for example, 5 g network broad microwave radio frequency will be able to accommodate a growing number of mobile phone users, at the same time sharply higher data rate and coverage.

In the intensive care unit, epidermal electronics system (on the skin like a tattoo sticker attached with the electronic), remote wireless monitoring patients can make health care providers, and through reducing the tangle of cables and wires, thus improve patient comfort.