Electrical circuit
First Claim
1. A microwave stripline structure lithographically printed onto a flexible, dielectric substrate with an ink comprising electrically conductive particles suspended in a resin.
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Abstract
An electrical circuit board is provided with a substrate, preferably of paper such as gloss art paper, bond paper or a semi-synthetic paper, and an electrical circuit lithographically printed onto the substrate from an ink comprising electrical particles suspended in a resin. The resin may be an organic resin such as an alkyd resin, and the conductive particles may be metallic silver. The manufacture of electrical components such as resistors and capacitors and antennae is also described. The circuit printing technique is reliable, cheap and can be based on a range of substrates not previously possible.
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17 Claims
- 1. A microwave stripline structure lithographically printed onto a flexible, dielectric substrate with an ink comprising electrically conductive particles suspended in a resin.
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12. An electrical assembly comprising at least one passive electrical component lithographically printed onto a substrate, from at least one ink comprising electrically conductive particles suspended in a resin, wherein said at least one printed passive electrical component is printed to form a resistive, capacitive and/or inductive formation and the conductive particles of the at least one ink are selected from at least one of the following:
- silver flake, silver powder, silver coated particles, titanium dioxide, tin oxide, carbon black and other allotropes of carbon.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An antenna comprising a stripline structure lithographically printed onto a flexible, dielectric substitute with an ink comprising electrically conductive particles suspended in a resin, wherein said stripline structure is arranged to form an antenna configuration on said substrate.
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