Stretchable electronic patch having a foldable circuit layer
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1. An electronic patch, comprising:
- a substrate comprising;
a first flat portion;
a second flat portion; and
an undulated ribbon that connects the first flat portion and the second flat portion, wherein the undulated ribbon is undulated in a direction perpendicular to the first flat substrate or the second flat substrate, wherein the undulated ribbon is above and below the first flat substrate and the second flat substrate;
a first conductive circuit on the first flat portion of the substrate;
a second conductive circuit on the second flat portion of the substrate;
a third conductive circuit on the undulated ribbon, wherein the third conductive circuit is connected with the first conductive circuit and the second conductive circuit; and
an elastic layer that encloses the substrate, the first conductive circuit, the second conductive circuit, and the third conductive circuit.
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Abstract
An electronic patch includes a foldable circuit layer that includes a foldable network that includes comprising: a plurality of electronic modules comprising a plurality of electronic components, and flexible straps that connect the plurality of electronic modules, wherein the flexible straps comprise conductive circuit that are conductively connected with the plurality of electronic components in the plurality of electronic modules. Neighboring electronic modules can undulate in opposite directions normal to the foldable circuit layer. The electronic patch also includes an elastic layer that encloses the foldable circuit layer.
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19 Claims
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1. An electronic patch, comprising:
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a substrate comprising; a first flat portion; a second flat portion; and an undulated ribbon that connects the first flat portion and the second flat portion, wherein the undulated ribbon is undulated in a direction perpendicular to the first flat substrate or the second flat substrate, wherein the undulated ribbon is above and below the first flat substrate and the second flat substrate; a first conductive circuit on the first flat portion of the substrate; a second conductive circuit on the second flat portion of the substrate; a third conductive circuit on the undulated ribbon, wherein the third conductive circuit is connected with the first conductive circuit and the second conductive circuit; and an elastic layer that encloses the substrate, the first conductive circuit, the second conductive circuit, and the third conductive circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for fabricating an electronic patch, comprising:
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pressing a flat substrate by a pair of molds, wherein the flat substrate comprises a first flat portion, a second flat portion, and a flat middle portion, wherein the molds have undulated contours corresponding to the middle portion, wherein the flat substrate comprises a first conductive circuit on the first flat portion of the substrate, a second conductive circuit on the second flat portion of the substrate, a third conductive circuit on the flat middle portion of the substrate; transforming the flat middle portion of the substrate into an undulated ribbon that is undulated in a direction perpendicular to the first flat substrate or the second flat substrate, wherein the undulated ribbon is above and below the first flat portion and the second flat portion; and forming an electronic patch by enclosing the first flat portion, the second flat portion, the undulated ribbon, the first conductive circuit, the second conductive circuit, and the third conductive circuit in an elastic layer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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