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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Chang Liu, Champaign, IL (US);
Jack Chen, Urbana, IL (US);
Jonathan Engel, Champaign, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sensor chip, comprising a flexible, polymer-based substrate, and at least one microfabricated sensor disposed on the substrate and including a conductive element. The at least one sensor comprises at least one of a tactile sensor and a flow sensor. Other embodiments of the present invention include sensors and/or multi-modal sensor nodes.