Design and performance of metal conductors for stretchable electronic circuits

Circuit World

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-29

  Gonzalez, Mario ^a   Axisa, Fabrice ^a   Bossuyt, Frederick ^a   Hsu, Yung Yu ^a,b   Vandevelde, Bart ^a   Vanfleteren, Jan ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circuits and circuit theory; Elasticity; Electrical conductivity; Finite element analysis; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; COPPER; DESIGN; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TUBES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; POLYMERS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SILICONES;

CIRCUITS AND CIRCUIT THEORY; COFFIN-MANSON; COPPER INTERCONNECT; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; EMPIRICAL MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE LIFETIMES; FATIGUE LIVES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; LOADING CONDITIONS; MATRIXES; METAL CONDUCTORS; METAL INTERCONNECTIONS; PERIODIC DEFORMATIONS; PERMANENT DAMAGES; POLYURETHANE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 60049089825     PISSN: 03056120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03056120910928699     Document Type: Article

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