Metallic nanoparticle pressure sensor
First Claim
1. A method for measuring pressure applied to a sensor surface, the method comprising:
- providing an electrical pressure sensor including a sealed chamber with a top surface, first electrode, second electrode, an elastic polymer medium, and metallic nanoparticles distributed in the elastic polymer medium;
deforming the top surface in response to an applied pressure;
compressing the elastic polymer medium;
decreasing a metallic nanoparticle-to-metallic nanoparticle mean distance; and
,in response to decreasing the metallic nanoparticle-to-metallic nanoparticle mean distance, decreasing electrical resistance between the first and second electrodes through the elastic polymer medium.
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Abstract
An electrical pressure sensor is provided with a method for measuring pressure applied to a sensor surface. The method provides an electrical pressure sensor including a sealed chamber with a top surface, first electrode, second electrode, an elastic polymer medium, and metallic nanoparticles distributed in the elastic polymer medium. When the top surface of the sensor is deformed in response to an applied pressure, the elastic polymer medium is compressed. In response to decreasing the metallic nanoparticle-to-metallic nanoparticle mean distance between metallic nanoparticles, the electrical resistance is decreased between the first and second electrodes through the elastic polymer medium.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for measuring pressure applied to a sensor surface, the method comprising:
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providing an electrical pressure sensor including a sealed chamber with a top surface, first electrode, second electrode, an elastic polymer medium, and metallic nanoparticles distributed in the elastic polymer medium; deforming the top surface in response to an applied pressure; compressing the elastic polymer medium; decreasing a metallic nanoparticle-to-metallic nanoparticle mean distance; and
,in response to decreasing the metallic nanoparticle-to-metallic nanoparticle mean distance, decreasing electrical resistance between the first and second electrodes through the elastic polymer medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A pressure sensor comprising:
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a sealed chamber with a top surface; a first electrode; a second electrode; an elastic polymer medium, with distributed metallic nanoparticles, at least partially filling the sealed chamber and in contact with the first and second electrodes when the top surface is deformed by an applied pressure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An electronic display with an overlying touchscreen, the display comprising:
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a front panel with an array of display pixels arranged in a plurality of adjacent sequences; a backlight panel light source underlying the front panel; a touchscreen overlying the front panel with an array of pressure sensor cells arranged in a plurality of adjacent sequences, each pressure senor cell including; a sealed chamber with a top surface; a transparent first electrode; a transparent second electrode; a transparent elastic polymer medium, with distributed metallic nanoparticles, at least partially filling the sealed chamber and in contact with the first and second electrodes when the top surface is deformed by an applied pressure.
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