Inventors:
Stephen Mascaro - Salt Lake City UT, US
Debra Mascaro - Salt Lake City UT, US
Jumana Abu-Khalaf - Salt Lake City UT, US
Jungwoo Park - Salt Lake City UT, US
Assignee:
University of Utah Research Foundation - Salt Lake City UT
International Classification:
H01L 21/00
US Classification:
438 51, 438 25, 438 29, 438108, 438119, 438456, 438457, 600334, 600335, 600344
Abstract:
A stretchable electronic circuit that includes a stretchable base substrate having a plurality of stretchable conductors formed onto a surface thereof, with both the stretchable base substrate and conductors being bendable together about two orthogonal axes. The stretchable circuit also includes a stretchable sensor layer attached to the base substrate with a cavity formed therein which has a contact point exposing one of the plurality of stretchable conductors. The stretchable electronic circuit further includes a surface mount device (SMD) package with a conductor contact protrusion installed into the cavity, and wherein a substantially constant electrical connection is established between the conductor contact protrusion and the stretchable conductor at the contact point by tensile forces interacting between the stretchable base substrate and the stretchable sensor layer.