ELECTRONIC COMPONENT
    1.
    发明公开
    ELECTRONIC COMPONENT 有权
    电子元件

    公开(公告)号:EP2668833A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-04

    申请号:EP12703144.1

    申请日:2012-01-27

    Applicant: Novalia Ltd

    Inventor: STONE, Kate

    Abstract: An electronic component such as a push button switch or a connector comprises a flexible planar substrate (fig 1, 2) which is substantially non-stretchable, that has at least two slits 14 to allow a portion 15 of the substrate supporting a region of conductive material 12 to be moved apart from another portion of the substrate. There can be three or more slits which can be arcuate and overlap an adjacent slit forming a bridge 17 between them. The conducting region 12 can be isolated, and short out two further pads 7,8 on a second substrate 3 or connected to a conductive track (fig 7, 13) and formed from conductive ink. The slits can allow movement out of the plane of the substrate, and in the same plane as the substrate to form a flexible connector (fig 11 and 12) where the slits can extend from opposite edges. The substrate can comprise a laminate, paper, card or plastic membrane and the device can be used in an electronic circuit (fig 9), as part of a game (fig 10), a book, poster, calendar, greetings card or product packaging or point of sale display.

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