Stretchable substrate having improved stretch uniformity and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11844175-B2
Application number	US-202217703277-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2022
Priority date	Dec 31, 2021
Publication date	Dec 12, 2023
Grant date	Dec 12, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a stretchable substrate having improved stretch uniformity according to various embodiments of the present disclosure in order to implement the above-described object. The method may include forming an auxetic including a plurality of unit structures, and attaching one or more elastic sheets to the auxetic and forming a stretchable substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing a stretchable substrate having improved stretch uniformity, the method comprising:
forming an auxetic including a plurality of unit structures, each of which has a shape corresponding to a re-entrant structure, which comprises:
a first through-hole positioned on a first side of the re-entrant structure;
a second through-hole positioned on a second side of the re-entrant structure, the first side and the second side face each other among a plurality of sides constituting the re-entrant structure;
a first protrusion positioned though the first through-hole and protruded outward from each of an upper surface of the first side and a bottom surface of the first side;
a second protrusion positioned though the second through-hole and protruded outward from each of an upper surface of the second side and a bottom surface of the second side; and

attaching one or more elastic sheets to the auxetic and forming a stretchable substrate, wherein the one or more elastic sheets are directly bonded to the first protrusion and the second protrusion, and the one or more elastic sheets are not directly bonded to an upper surface or a bottom surface of any side among the plurality of sides constituting the re-entrant structure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to an external force generated in one axial direction, each of the plurality of unit structures causes deformation of the auxetic in another axial direction.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the auxetic includes performing a printing process using an elastic material.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more elastic sheets include a first elastic sheet positioned above a first surface of the auxetic and a second elastic sheet positioned below a second surface opposite to the first surface;
each through-hole of the first and second through-holes is formed to have a hole shape having a preset diameter and connects the first surface and the second surface; and
the protrusion is formed to protrude outward from each of the first surface and the second surface.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
bringing the first elastic sheet to be positioned above the first surface;
filling each through-hole of the first and second through-holes with an elastic body in a direction downward from the second surface and curing the elastic body and the first elastic sheet; and
bringing the second elastic sheet to be positioned below the second surface and curing the elastic body and the second elastic sheet.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
filling each through-hole of the first and second through-holes with an elastic body;
applying an adhesive on both surfaces of each elastic body; and
bringing the one or more elastic sheets on both of the surfaces of the elastic body coated with the adhesive and performing curing.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the elastic body includes an elastic material having an elastic force and is made of the same material as the elastic sheet.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
applying an adhesive to each of the first protrusion and the second protrusion, bringing the one or more elastic sheets into contact with the first protrusion and the second protrusion coated with the adhesive, and performing curing.

Assignees

• Korea Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Lee Phillip
• Chung Seungjun
• Kim Heesuk
• Son Jeonggon
• Hwang Sukjoon

Classifications

• H05K1/0283 Primary

  Stretchable printed circuits · CPC title

• H05K3/00

  Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits · CPC title

• H05K2201/09063

  Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections · CPC title

• H05K1/036

  Multilayers with layers of different types · CPC title

• H05K1/0393

  Flexible materials (H05K1/038 takes precedence; specific organic compositions are classified in H05K1/0313 and subgroups) · CPC title