Method for manufacturing long force sensors using screen printing technology
First Claim
1. A method for manufacturing a force or pressure detecting sensor comprising:
- printing a first section of conductive traces on a thin and flexible dielectric backing using a pattern, wherein the pattern comprises a linear segment having an end connected to an end of a linear step;
printing a second section of conductive traces on the thin and flexible dielectric backing using the pattern; and
,printing a third section of conductive traces on the thin and flexible dielectric backing using the pattern such that the conductive traces of the first, second, and third sections are coupled successively together to form an electrical bus having a repeating consistent cascading pattern.
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Abstract
A force or pressure sensor and appertaining method for manufacturing are provided in which the sensor comprises a repeating conductive trace pattern that can be replicated to produce a consistent conductive trace across more than one adjacent pattern section forming an electrical bus, wherein more than one section of a series of conductive traces are printed on a thin and flexible dielectric backing using the pattern. The thin and flexible dielectric backing has a repeated pattern of conductive traces printed above the dielectric backing and one or more dielectric layers provided above the conductive traces, the dielectric layers having access regions permitting contact of conductors above the one or more dielectric layers, and a sensor conductor layer printed above the one or more dielectric layers that contacts the conductive traces via at least one of the access regions or regions not covered by the one or more dielectric layers.
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1. A method for manufacturing a force or pressure detecting sensor comprising:
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printing a first section of conductive traces on a thin and flexible dielectric backing using a pattern, wherein the pattern comprises a linear segment having an end connected to an end of a linear step; printing a second section of conductive traces on the thin and flexible dielectric backing using the pattern; and
,printing a third section of conductive traces on the thin and flexible dielectric backing using the pattern such that the conductive traces of the first, second, and third sections are coupled successively together to form an electrical bus having a repeating consistent cascading pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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