Conformal electronics including nested serpentine interconnects
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1. A stretchable electrical device, comprising:
- two electrical contacts spaced apart by a distance; and
an electrical interconnect connected to and extending from a first one of the two electrical contacts generally in a first direction and electrically coupling the first one of the two electrical contacts with a second one of the two electrical contacts;
wherein the electrical interconnect has a meander-shaped base configuration comprising a plurality of repeated, connected, and alternating loops, each of the plurality of loops having a curved tip and a length extending from the curved tip in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the first direction, each of the lengths connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of loops and each of the lengths forming a nested serpentine-shaped feature projecting in the first direction such that the electrical interconnect includes a plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features arranged along the electrical interconnect, each of the plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features being at least partially nested within an adjacent one of the plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features.
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Abstract
An example stretchable device is described that includes electrical contacts and an interconnect coupling the electrical contacts. The interconnect has a meander-shaped configuration that includes at least one nested serpentine-shaped feature. The interconnect can be conductive or non-conductive. The meander-shaped configuration can be a serpentine structure, providing a serpentine-in-serpentine configuration.
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1. A stretchable electrical device, comprising:
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two electrical contacts spaced apart by a distance; and an electrical interconnect connected to and extending from a first one of the two electrical contacts generally in a first direction and electrically coupling the first one of the two electrical contacts with a second one of the two electrical contacts; wherein the electrical interconnect has a meander-shaped base configuration comprising a plurality of repeated, connected, and alternating loops, each of the plurality of loops having a curved tip and a length extending from the curved tip in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the first direction, each of the lengths connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of loops and each of the lengths forming a nested serpentine-shaped feature projecting in the first direction such that the electrical interconnect includes a plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features arranged along the electrical interconnect, each of the plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features being at least partially nested within an adjacent one of the plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A stretchable device, comprising:
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a stretchable substrate; and a stretchable electronic circuit disposed on a surface of the stretchable substrate, the stretchable electronic circuit comprising; a first discrete operative device; a second discrete operative device spaced apart from the first discrete operating device by a distance; and a stretchable electrical interconnect connected to and extending from the first discrete operating device generally in a first direction and electrically coupling the first discrete operative device to the second discrete operative device, wherein the stretchable electrical interconnect has a meander-shaped base configuration comprising a plurality of repeated, connected, and alternating loops, each of the plurality of loops having a curved tip and a length extending from the curved tip in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the first direction, each of the lengths connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of loops and each of the lengths forming a nested serpentine-shaped feature projecting in the first direction such that the electrical interconnect includes a plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features arranged along the electrical interconnect, each of the plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features being at least partially nested within an adjacent one of the plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A stretchable electrical device, comprising:
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two electrical contacts spaced apart by a distance; and an electrical interconnect connected to and extending from a first one of the two electrical contacts generally in a first direction and electrically coupling the first one of the two electrical contacts with a second one of the two electrical contacts; wherein the electrical interconnect has a meander-shaped base configuration comprising a plurality of repeated, connected, and alternating loops, each of the plurality of loops having a curved tip and a length extending from the curved tip, wherein the plurality of loops includes (i) a first set of curved tips generally disposed on a first side of the electrical interconnect and (ii) a second set of curved tips generally disposed on a second opposing side of the electrical interconnect, each of the lengths forming a nested serpentine-shaped feature, each of the nested serpentine-shaped features being disposed between the first side of the electrical interconnect and the second side of the electrical interconnect such that the electrical interconnect includes a plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features arranged along the electrical interconnect, each of the plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features being at least partially nested within an adjacent one of the plurality of nested serpentine-shaped features.
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