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Low cost, biocompatible elastic and conformable electronic circuits and assemblies using MID in stretchable polymer

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Abstract

For user comfort reasons, electronic circuits for implantation in the human body or for use as smart clothes should ideally be soft, stretchable and elastic. In this contribution the results of an MID (Molded Interconnect Device) technology will be presented, showing the feasibility of functional stretchable electronic circuits. In the developed technology rigid or flexible standard components are interconnected by meander shaped metallic wires and embedded by molding in a stretchable substrate polymer. Several technologies have been developed to this purpose, which combine low cost and good reliability under mechanical strain. In this way reliable stretchability of the circuits above 100% has been demonstrated. Enhanced reliability has been reached using an additional conductive polymer layer. Different demonstrators have been built and demonstrated, like a simple stretchable thermometer circuit with 4 components embedded in Dow Corning Silastic® PDMS silicone material, or a stretchable coil, used as inductive link for signal and power transfer.