CAPACITIVE SENSOR SHEET AND CAPACITIVE SENSOR

• US 20160231098A1
• Filed: 08/25/2014
• Published: 08/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bando Chemical Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Bando Chemical Industries Limited
• Inventors: Otaka, Hideo, Norisada, Hideki
• Application Number:
  US14/913,893
• Publication Number:
  US 20160231098A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 7/22 using change in capacitance
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 9/0072 using variations in capacitance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0445 using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0447 Position sensing using the local deformation of sensor cells

Abstract

The present invention aims to provide a capacitive sensor sheet excellent in detection sensitivity and detection accuracy in measuring changes in capacitance, and the capacitive sensor sheet of the present invention includes: a dielectric layer including an elastomer composition (A); a top electrode layer laminated on the obverse surface of the dielectric layer; and a bottom electrode layer laminated on the reverse surface of the dielectric layer, wherein portions at which the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer intersect as viewed in a thickness direction serve as a plurality of detection portions, and the capacitive sensor sheet further includes at least one of: a top covering electrode layer formed over the top electrode layer so as to cover the detection portions with a top flexible layer including an elastomer composition (B1) interposed therebetween; and a bottom covering electrode layer formed over the bottom electrode layer so as to cover the detection portions with a bottom flexible layer including an elastomer composition (B2) interposed therebetween, whereby the capacitive sensor sheet is used for measuring changes in capacitance in the detection portions.

Claims

1. A capacitive sensor sheet comprising:

a dielectric layer comprising an elastomer composition (A);

a top electrode layer laminated on the obverse surface of the dielectric layer; and

a bottom electrode layer laminated on the reverse surface of the dielectric layer,

wherein a portion at which the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer intersect as viewed in a thickness direction serves as a detection portion, the detection portion comprises a plurality of detection portions,

the capacitive sensor sheet further comprising at least one of;

a top covering electrode layer formed over the top electrode layer so as to cover the detection portions with a top flexible layer comprising an elastomer composition (B1) interposed between the top electrode layer and the top covering electrode layer; and

a bottom covering electrode layer formed over the bottom electrode layer so as to cover the detection portions with a bottom flexible layer comprising an elastomer composition (B2) interposed between the bottom electrode layer and the bottom covering electrode layer,

the capacitive sensor sheet used for measuring changes in capacitance in the detection portions.

2. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 1, wherein the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer comprise an electroconductive composition containing carbon nanotubes.

3. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 2, wherein the carbon nanotubes are a mixture of single-wailed carbon nanotubes and multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

4. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 1, wherein an elastomer in the elastomer composition (A) is a urethane elastomer.

5. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 1, wherein an elastomer in at least one of the elastomer composition (B1) and the elastomer composition (B2) is a urethane elastomer.

6. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 1, wherein an elongation rate which the capacitive sensor sheet can endure in uniaxial tension is 30% or more.

7. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 1, wherein the sensor sheet is used for measurement of at least one of:

the amount of strain due to elastic deformation;

the distribution of strain due to elastic deformation; and

the surface pressure distribution.

8. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 1, wherein the sensor sheet is used for measurement of at least one of:

the amount of strain due to elastic deformation; and

the distribution of strain due to elastic deformation.

9. A capacitive sensor comprising:

the capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 1;

a measurement instrument; and

external conducting wires connecting each of the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer which are included in the capacitive sensor sheet to the measurement instrument,

wherein the sensor measures at least one of;

the amount of strain due to elastic deformation;

the distribution of strain due to elastic deformation; and

the surface pressure distribution by measuring changes in capacitance in the detection portions which are included in the capacitive sensor sheet.

10. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 2, wherein an elastomer in the elastomer composition (A) is a urethane elastomer.

11. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 2, wherein an elastomer in at least one of the elastomer composition (B1) and the elastomer composition (B2) is a urethane elastomer.

12. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 2, wherein an elongation rate which the capacitive sensor sheet can endure in uniaxial tension is 30% or more.

13. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 2, wherein the sensor sheet is used for measurement of at least one of:

the amount of strain due to elastic deformation;

the distribution of strain due to elastic deformation; and

the surface pressure distribution.

14. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 2, wherein the sensor sheet is used for measurement of at least one of:

the amount of strain due to elastic deformation; and

the distribution of strain due to elastic deformation.

15. A capacitive sensor comprising:

the capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 2;

a measurement instrument; and

external conducting wires connecting each of the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer which are included in the capacitive sensor sheet to the measurement instrument,

wherein the sensor measures at least one of;

the amount of strain due to elastic deformation;

the distribution of strain due to elastic deformation; and

the surface pressure distribution by measuring changes in capacitance in the detection portions which are included in the capacitive sensor sheet.

16. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim to 3, wherein an elastomer in the elastomer composition (A) is a urethane elastomer.

17. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 3 wherein an elastomer in at least one of the elastomer composition (B1) and the elastomer composition (B2) is a urethane elastomer.

18. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 3, wherein an elongation rate which the capacitive sensor sheet can endure in uniaxial tension is 30% or more.

19. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 3, wherein the sensor sheet is used for measurement of at least one of:

the amount of strain due to elastic deformation;

the distribution of strain due to elastic deformation; and

the surface pressure distribution.

20. The capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 3, wherein the sensor sheet is used for measurement of at least one of:

the amount of strain due to elastic deformation; and

the distribution of strain due to elastic deformation.

21. A capacitive sensor comprising:

the capacitive sensor sheet according to claim 3;

a measurement instrument; and

external conducting wires connecting each of the top electrode layer and the bottom electrode layer which are included in the capacitive sensor sheet to the measurement instrument,

wherein the sensor measures at least one of;

the amount of strain due to elastic deformation;

the distribution of strain due to elastic deformation; and

the surface pressure distribution by measuring changes in capacitance in the detection portions which are included in the capacitive sensor sheet.