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US 12,405,177 · App. 18/064,502 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Electrode structure for high-sensitivity protrusion-type pressure sensor and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Jin-woo Park (Seoul, KR); Soyeon Lee (Seoul, KR); Seung-Rok Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
G01L1/16H01B1/02H01B13/0013H01B13/0016H01B13/0026G01L1/14G01L1/146G01L1/205H01B1/12H10D48/50
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Patent No.
US 12,405,177
App. No.
18/064,502
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an electrode structural body for a highly sensitive protrusion type pressure sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. According to the electrode structural body of the present invention, an electrode is formed along a protruding structure, so that deformation of the protruding structure may be sufficiently sensed to achieve high sensitivity even in a low pressure range and a polymer layer may be further introduced to the outside of the electrode to achieve excellent stability.

Claims (11)

1. An electrode structural body comprising:

a substrate including two or more protruding portions including a first polymer; and

an electrode layer conformally positioned along a surface of the two or more protruding portions,

wherein a spacing between the adjacent protruding portions is 100 μm or more.

2. The electrode structural body of claim 1 , wherein the electrode layer is selected from the group consisting of conductive one-dimensional metal materials, conductive one-dimensional carbon material, conductive two-dimensional metal materials, conductive two-dimensional carbon materials, and conductive polymers.

3. The electrode structural body of claim 1 , wherein the electrode layer includes metal nanowires.

4. The electrode structural body of claim 1 ,

wherein a surface layer including a second polymer is sequentially positioned on the electrode layer, and

the electrode layer is embedded in the surface layer and is not exposed to an external environment of the electrode structural body.

5. A pressure sensor comprising the electrode structural body of claim 1 .

6. The pressure sensor of claim 5 , wherein when the pressure sensor is used as a friction power generation type pressure sensor, an amount of change in power generation voltage depending on a displacement of the pressure sensor moved by pressure is 2 V/mm or more.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2022
From: PARK, JIN-WOO; LEE, SOYEON; KIM, SEUNG-ROK
To: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0186115 · Dec 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230204438A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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