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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Zeynep Celik-Butler, Colleyville, TX (US);
Donald P. Butler, Colleyville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/16 (2006.01); G01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01L 9/06 (2006.01); H01L 41/04 (2006.01); H01L 41/22 (2013.01); H01L 41/113 (2006.01); H01L 41/37 (2013.01); H01L 41/18 (2006.01); G01L 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 9/0055 (2013.01); G01L 1/16 (2013.01); G01L 5/226 (2013.01); G01L 9/008 (2013.01); H01L 41/04 (2013.01); H01L 41/1132 (2013.01); H01L 41/183 (2013.01); H01L 41/37 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a self-powered tactile pressure sensor includes a flexible substrate, an array of piezoelectric crystalline nanorods each having a bottom end and a top end, the nanorods being generally perpendicular to the substrate, a top electrode that is electrically coupled to the top ends of the nanorods, and a bottom electrode that is electrically coupled to the bottom ends of the nanorods.