Electronic fabric with incorporated chip and interconnect
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsChristopher Jezewski, Ravi Pillarisetty, Brian Doyle
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Abstract
A system comprises an article comprising one or more fabric layers, a plurality of electronic devices, each being incorporated into or onto one of the one or more fabric layers, and one or more communication links between two or more of the plurality of electronic devices. Each of the plurality of electronic devices can comprise a flexible substrate coupled to the fabric layer, one or more metallization layers deposited on the flexible substrate, and one or more electronic components electrically coupled to the one or more metallization layers.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method of making an electronic device comprising:
- depositing one or more metallization layers on a flexible substrate;
- coupling the flexible substrate to a first fabric layer;
- and
- electrically coup ling a plurality of electronic components to the one or more metallization layers.
A method comprising
- assembling a first electronic device, wherein the assembling of the first electronic device comprises the steps of;
- depositing one or metallization layers on a flexible substrate;
- coupling the flexible substrate to a first fabric layer;
- electrically coupling a plurality of electronic components to the one or more metallization layers, and
- communicatively connecting the first electronic device to one or more second electronic devices to form a system.
A method comprising
- assembling one or more fabric layers to create an article;
- incorporating a plurality of electronic devices into or onto at least one of the one or more fabric layers, wherein at least one of the plurality of electronic devices comprises;
- a flexible substrate coupled to a first of the one or more of the fabric layers;
- one or more metallization layers deposited on the flexible substrate;
- and
- a plurality of electronic components electrically coupled to the one or more metallization layers, and;
- connecting one or more communication links between two or more of the plurality of electronic devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.