Modular stretchable and flexible capacitance sensors for use with electrical capacitance volume tomography and capacitance sensing applications
US9110115B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 13, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2211/428
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flexible capacitance sensor having multiple layers for communicating signals to a data acquisition system for reconstructing an image of an area or object located in a subject being sensed, the flexible capacitance sensor having a flexible layer of capacitance plates; a flexible shielding ground layer next to the layer of capacitance plates; a flexible layer of signal traces next to the shielding ground layer, where the layer of signal traces has a plurality of trace lines; and where the capacitance sensor is flexible and adapted to be wrapped around the subject being sensed. The sensor is adapted to communicate signals via the plurality of trace lines to a data acquisition system for providing an image of the area or object between the capacitance plates.
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