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US 11,835,402 B2Granted
Soft electronic component with improved connection
AssigneeSensor Holdings Limited
InventorChristopher Robert Walker
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Abstract
In one aspect the invention provides a soft electronic component having a signal electrode and one or more shielding electrodes overlapping the signal electrode to shield the signal electrode, wherein the soft electronic component is arranged to provide one or more signal-coupling regions in which the signal electrode is exposed by the one or more shielding electrodes to allow capacitive coupling of the signal electrode to a signal electrode of another component, wherein the one or more shielding electrodes are arranged to provide one or more shield-coupling regions to allow the capacitive coupling of a shielding electrode to the other component, and wherein the coupling region is covered by a dielectric material.
Claims12
A signal transmission system, the signal transmission system comprising:
- a first electronic component;
- and
- a second electronic component,
- wherein the first electronic component comprises:
- a signal electrode;
- one or more shielding electrodes;
- one or more dielectric films separating the signal electrode from each of the one or more shielding electrodes;
- and
- a first coupling section at a face of the first electronic component,
- wherein at least a part of the one or more shielding electrodes is positioned outside an edge of the signal electrode to shield the signal electrode,
- wherein, at the first coupling section:
- one or more of the one or more shielding electrodes defines a first signal-coupling region where the signal electrode is not shielded by the one or more shielding electrodes;
- and
- one or more of the one or more shielding electrodes defines a first shielding-coupling region,
- wherein the second electronic component comprises:
- a coupling-signal electrode;
- one or more coupling-shielding electrodes;
- one or more dielectric films separating the coupling-signal electrode from each of the one or more coupling-shielding electrodes;
- and
- a second coupling section at a face of the second electronic component,
- wherein at least a part of the one or more coupling-shielding electrodes is positioned outside an edge of the coupling-signal electrode to shield the coupling-signal electrode,
- wherein, at the second coupling section:
- one or more of the one or more coupling-shielding electrodes defines a second signal-coupling region where the coupling-signal electrode is not shielded by the one or more coupling-shielding electrodes;
- and
- one or more of the one or more coupling-shielding electrodes defines a second shielding-coupling region,
- wherein the second signal-coupling region has a co-operating shape with the first signal-coupling region such that the signal electrode and the coupling-signal electrode capacitively couple when the first and second signal-coupling regions are aligned and the face of the first electronic component is proximate the face of the second electronic component, and
- wherein the second shielding-coupling region has a co-operating shape with the first shielding-coupling region such that the shielding electrode and the coupling-shielding electrode capacitively couple when the first and second signal-coupling regions are aligned and the face of the first electronic component is proximate the face of the second electronic component.
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An electronic component for a signal transmission system, the electronic component comprising:
- a signal electrode;
- one or more shielding electrodes;
- one or more dielectric films separating the signal electrode from each of the one or more shielding electrodes;
- and
- a coupling section at a face of the electronic component,
- wherein at least a part of the one or more shielding electrodes is positioned outside an edge of the signal electrode to shield the signal electrode,
- wherein, at the coupling section:
- one or more of the one or more shielding electrodes defines a signal-coupling region where the signal electrode is not shielded by the one or more shielding electrodes;
- and
- one or more of the one or more shielding electrodes defines a shielding-coupling region,
- wherein the signal-coupling region has a shape configured to co-operate with a further signal-coupling region of a further electronic component such that the signal electrode capacitively couples with a coupling-signal electrode of the further electronic component when the signal-coupling region and the further signal-coupling region are aligned and the face of the electronic component is proximate a face of the further electronic component, and
- wherein the shielding-coupling region has a shape configured to co-operate with a further shielding-coupling region of the further electronic component such that the shielding electrode capacitively couples with a coupling-shielding electrode of the further electronic component when the signal-coupling region and the further signal-coupling region are aligned and the face of the electronic component is proximate a face of the further electronic component.
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