Electronic devices with carbon nanotube printed circuits
US9485862B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K2203/0759
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic device has structures such as substrates and internal housing structures. The substrates may be rigid substrates such as rigid printed circuit boards and flexible substrates such as flexible printed circuits, flexible touch sensor substrates, and flexible display substrates. Carbon nanotubes may be patterned to form carbon nanotube signal paths on the substrates. The signal paths may resist cracking when bent. A flexible structure such as a flexible printed circuit may have carbon nanotube signal paths interposed between polymer layers. Openings in a polymer layer may expose metal solder pads on the carbon nanotube signal paths. A stiffener may be provided under the metal solder pads. Polymer materials in the flexible structure may be molded to form bends. Bends may be formed along edges of a touch sensor or display or may be formed in a flexible printed circuit.
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