Electronic component and method of manufacturing an electronic component
AssigneeTechnische UniversitäT Dresden
InventorsMatteo Cucchi, Hans Kleemann, Karl Leo
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and systems for electronic components that may be or be part of an artificial neural network. The electronic component may include a substrate that has a plurality of input electrodes and a plurality of output electrodes disposed on and/or within the substrate, where the electrodes have a separation from one another. The electronic component may also include an electrically conductive network of one or more electrically conductive polymers. The electrically conductive network may be configured to electrically crosslink the plurality of input electrodes to the plurality of output electrodes.
Claims18
An electronic component comprising:
- a substrate, the substrate having a plurality of input electrodes, a plurality of output electrodes disposed on and/or in the substrate with a separation from each other and at least one additional electrode;
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- an electrically conductive network of one or more electrically conductive polymers, wherein the electrically conductive network is configured to electrically crosslink the plurality of input electrodes to the plurality of output electrodes,
- wherein the electrically conductive network in each case comprises at least one fiber structure of the one or more electrically conductive polymers extending from at least one input electrode of the plurality of input electrodes to at least one output electrode of plurality of output electrodes;
- wherein the electrically conductive network is formed by applying an alternative current signal between the at least one input electrode of the plurality of input electrodes and the additional electrode, and by guiding the additional electrode in an electrolytic material from the input electrode to the output electrode;
- wherein the electrolytic material includes a material polymerizable by the alternating current signal.
A method of manufacturing an electronic component, the method comprising:
- providing an electrolytic material at least in a space region between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode is arranged on and/or in a substrate and the second electrode is arranged freely movable in the electrolytic material, wherein the second electrode is arranged with a separation from the first electrode and the substrate, and wherein the electrolytic material comprises at least one polymerizable material;
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- forming at least one electrical connection between the first electrode and the second electrode by polymerizing the at least one polymerizable material into an electrically conductive polymer;
- guiding the second electrode in the electrolytic material so as to increase the separation from the first electrode, thereby increasing the spatial extent of the electrically conductive polymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.