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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2020
Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia, Genoa, IT;
Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus, Milan, IT;
Lara Natta, Galatina, IT;
Prospero Lombardi, Milan, IT;
Vincenzo Mastronardi, Lequile, IT;
Francesco Guido, Lecce, IT;
Antonio Qualtieri, Nardo′, IT;
Marco Di Rienzo, Milan, IT;
Massimo De Vittorio, Lecce, IT;
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, IT;
Abstract
A flexible sensor is provided which has a flexible substrate of polymeric material, a bottom electrode layer arranged on the flexible substrate and configured to be a reference electrode, an active layer of piezoelectric material arranged on the bottom electrode layer, a top electrode layer arranged on the active layer and configured to be connected to a signal conductor, and a flexible coating layer of polymeric material that cooperates with the flexible substrate to encapsulate the bottom electrode layer, the active layer, and the top electrode layer. The flexible sensor has an additional layer of metal material arranged on the flexible coating layer and short-circuited to the bottom electrode layer, the additional layer and the bottom electrode layer acting as an electromagnetic shield for the flexible sensor.