Abstract: In recent years, the flourishing of the electronics industry has driven the development of the electronic textiles industry. The miniaturization of electronic device makes it be easily applied to the garment industry. Intelligent garment with electronic elements is high-end technology product that involving multidisciplinary field, like electronic engineering, chemistry, biology, medicine, etc., which receives extensive attention currently. The paper summarizes the research and application status of electronic textile products in recent years, and looks forward to its development direction.

Key words: electronic textiles; material; technology; application