Forming method of stretchable substrate, stretchable substrate and electronic device having stretchable substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9565753-B2
Application number	US-201414585676-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2014
Priority date	Dec 30, 2013
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

There is provided a stretchable substrate including: a substrate having first Young's modulus and stretchability; and plurality of strain control patterns having second Young's modulus and arranged on the substrate, in which strain due to an external force depends on arrangement of the plurality of strain control patterns.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stretchable substrate comprising:
a stretchable substrate having first Young's modulus and stretchability; and
strain control patterns having second Young's modulus, printed and arranged on the stretchable substrate,
wherein the second Young's modulus is larger than the first Young's modulus,
wherein a ratio of the first Young's modulus to the second Young's modulus is greater than or equal to 1:325;
wherein strain due to an external force depends on arrangement of the printed strain control patterns,
wherein the stretchable substrate includes:
a stretchable support substrate having the first Young's modulus;
and a stretchable member having the first Young's modulus and disposed on and covering the stretchable support substrate,
wherein the printed strain control patterns are disposed on the stretchable support substrate and are covered with the stretchable member,
wherein the printed strain control patterns are arranged along a closed curve when viewed from a top of the stretchable substrate such that a stress reduction area is formed inside the closed curve by arrangement of the printed strain control patterns, and an electronic circuit is disposed in the stress reduction area on the stretchable substrate.

2. The stretchable substrate of claim 1 , wherein the stretchable substrate includes any one selected from a group of PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane), epoxy resin, ecoflex, and polyurethane.

3. The stretchable substrate of claim 1 , wherein the printed strain control pattern includes a cured polymer.

4. The stretchable substrate of claim 1 , wherein the electronic circuit is disposed on a top surface of the stretchable member, which has a bottom surface covering the printed strain control patterns.

5. The stretchable substrate of claim 4 , wherein the electronic circuit unit is disposed to avoid overlapping with the printed strain control patterns when viewed from a top of the stretchable substrate.

6. The stretchable substrate of claim 1 , wherein the printed strain control pattern is formed on the stretchable substrate by inkjet printing, gravure printing, or roll-to-roll printing.

7. An electronic device comprising:
a stretchable substrate; and
an electronic circuit unit on the stretchable substrate,
wherein strain control patterns are printed and disposed inside the stretchable substrate,
wherein the stretchable substrate includes:
a stretchable support substrate having a first Young's modulus;
and a stretchable member having a second Young's modulus and disposed on and covering the stretchable support substrate,
wherein the second Young's modulus is larger than the first Young's modulus,
wherein a ratio of the first Young's modulus to the second Young's modulus is greater than or equal to 1:325;
wherein the printed strain control patterns are disposed on the stretchable support substrate and are covered with the stretchable member,
wherein the printed strain control patterns are arranged along a closed curve when viewed from a top of the stretchable substrate such that a stress reduction area is formed inside the closed curve by arrangement of the printed strain control patterns, and the electronic circuit unit is disposed in the stress reduction area on the stretchable substrate.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the stretchable substrate includes at least any one selected from a group of PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane), epoxy resin, and polyurethane.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the printed strain control pattern includes a cured polymer.

10. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the electronic circuit unit is disposed on a top surface of the stretchable member, which has a bottom surface covering the printed strain control patterns.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the electronic circuit unit is disposed to avoid overlapping with the printed strain control patterns when viewed from a top of the stretchable substrate.

12. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the printed strain control pattern is formed on the stretchable substrate by inkjet printing, gravure printing, or roll-to-roll printing.

Assignees

• Snu R&Db Foundation

Inventors

• Hong Yongtaek
• Byun Jung Hwan
• Kim Sangwoo

Classifications

• H05K1/0283 Primary

  Stretchable printed circuits · CPC title

• Y10T428/24851

  Intermediate layer is discontinuous or differential · CPC title

• Y10T428/24802

  Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.] · CPC title

• H05K1/036

  Multilayers with layers of different types · CPC title