Electronic unit integrated into a flexible polymer body
View Patent ↗A peel and stick electronic system comprises a silicone body, and at least one electronic unit operatively connected to the silicone body. The electronic system is produce by providing a silicone layer on a substrate, providing a metal layer on the silicone layer, and providing at least one electronic unit connected to the metal layer.
1. A peel and stick electronic apparatus, comprising:
a thin, clear, and flexible silicone body, said thin, clear, and flexible silicone body having an underside that is a peel and stick surface that can easily be affixed to other surfaces, and
at least one electronic unit operatively integrated into said silicone body.
2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a sensor.
3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a MEMS sensor.
4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a resistor.
5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a capacitor.
6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises an integrated circuit.
7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a microprocessor.
8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises an electrode array.
9. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a display.
10. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a power source.
11. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a solar cell.
12. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a battery.
13. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a neural probe.
14. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises a light emitting diode.
15. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit forms a system and the system comprises a computer.
16. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit forms a system and the system comprises a radio.
17. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit forms a system and the system comprises a television.
18. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit forms a system and the system comprises a magnetometer.
19. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said silicone body comprises a poly(dimethylsiloxane) body.
20. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said silicone body is a thin flat silicone body.
21. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said silicone body is a transparent spherical silicone body containing a solar cell and a MEMS sensor.
22. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said peel and stick surface provides a mounting surface.
23. The electronic apparatus of claim 22 wherein said mounting surface is produced in the process of producing said electronic apparatus.
24. The electronic apparatus of claim 22 wherein said mounting surface includes means for connecting said mounting surface to an external surface.
25. The electronic apparatus of claim 24 wherein said means for connecting said mounting surface to an external surface contains an adhesive.
26. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein including metal traces operatively connected to said silicone body and said at least one electronic unit and wherein said at least one electronic unit is irreversibly bonded to said silicone body to make electrical contact between said at least one electronic unit and said metal traces and to seal said electronic apparatus.
27. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises an implantable medical device.
28. The electronic apparatus of claim 27 wherein said implantable medical device comprises a stimulating electrode array.
29. The electronic apparatus of claim 27 wherein said implantable medical device comprises a recording electrode array.
30. The electronic apparatus of claim 27 wherein said at least one electronic unit comprises integrated microfluidics for drug delivery in implant applications or chemical or biological sensing applications.
31. A peel and stick electronic apparatus, comprising:
a thin, clear, and flexible silicone body, said thin, clear, and flexible silicone body having an underside that is a peel and stick surface that can easily be affixed to other surfaces,
a first unit integrated into said silicone body,
at least one additional unit integrated into said silicone body, and
a circuit integrated into said silicone body connected to said first unit and connected to said at least one additional unit.
32. The electronic apparatus of claim 31 wherein said circuit is an electronic circuit.
33. The electronic apparatus of claim 31 wherein said first unit is an electronic component.
34. The electronic apparatus of claim 31 wherein said first unit is a sensor.
35. The electronic apparatus of claim 31 wherein said first unit is a MEMS sensor.
36. The electronic apparatus of claim 31 wherein said silicone body comprises a poly(dimethylsiloxane) body.
37. The electronic apparatus of claim 31 wherein said peel and stick surface provides a mounting surface and wherein said electronic apparatus includes means for connecting said mounting surface to an external surface.
38. The electronic apparatus of claim 31 wherein said peel and stick surface provides means for connecting said mounting surface to an external surface and said mounting surface contains an adhesive.
39. The electronic apparatus of claim 31 wherein said silicone body is a thin flat silicone body.