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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2019
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, s-Gravenhage, NL;
Edsger Constant Pieter Smits, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan-Eric Jack Martijn Rubingh, Geldrop, NL;
Marco Barink, Eindhoven, NL;
Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a curved electronic device () and resulting product. A patterned layer of non-conductive support material () is printed onto a thermoplastic substrate () to form a support pattern. An electrical circuit () is applied onto the support pattern (), wherein the electrical circuit () comprises circuit lines () comprising a conductive material () applied onto support lines () of the pattern and electrical components () applied onto support islands () of the pattern. A thermoforming process (P) is used for deforming (S) the substrate () while a relatively high resistance of the support material () to the deforming maintains a structural integrity of the electrical circuit ().