CEA printed and hybrid electronics unit develops a wide range of transducers (e.g., antennas/filters, sensors, actuators, organic TFT circuits, …) on a variety of substrates from rigid to stretchable  (ex. glass, plastic, paper, biobased, biocompatible, ...).

In the frame of the EU project SmartEES (Grant agreement ID: 872076) CEA developed together with the company PLUX a wearable device for cardiac and respiration monitoring. CEA worked on the development of the printed ECG electrodes, strain gages and conductive tracks on a stretchable substrate.

The obtained demonstrator showcases the potential of printed and hybrid electronics in the sport, wellbeing and medical sectors and in particular in relation to:

• conformability/stretchability for increased comfort
• Biocompatibility
• compactness (reduced size and weight)