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US 2014/0174190 A1Published application
Manufacturing strain sensitive sensors and/or strain resistant conduits from a metal and carbon matrix
AssigneeJawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
InventorsGiridhar Udapi Rao Kulkarni, Boya Radha, Abhay Abhimanyu Sagade
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Abstract
Implementations and techniques for manufacturing strain sensitive sensors and/or strain resistant conduits from a metal and carbon matrix are generally disclosed.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- a first flexible electronic part located on the substrate, wherein the first flexible electronic part comprises a substantially strain resistant conduit;
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- a second flexible electronic part located on the substrate, wherein the second flexible electronic part comprises a strain sensitive sensor,
- wherein the substantially strain resistant conduit and the strain sensitive sensor both comprise a metal and carbon matrix.
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A method of forming a strain sensitive sensor comprising:
- depositing a plurality of metal traces substantially parallel to one another on a substrate, wherein the traces include palladium;
- curing the plurality of metal traces for a specified time and temperature to form a palladium and carbon matrix, wherein the cured metal traces have a gauge factor from about three-hundred to about four-hundred in response to strain;
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- depositing a first electrode in contact with one end of the plurality of metal traces and a second electrode in contact with an opposite end of the plurality of metal traces.
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A method of forming a strain resistant conduit:
- depositing a metal trace on a substrate, wherein the trace includes palladium;
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- curing the metal trace for a specified time and temperature to form a palladium and carbon matrix, wherein the specified time and temperature comprise a time of about thirty minutes at a temperature of about two hundred thirty degrees Celsius.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.