Mechanics of noncoplanar mesh design for stretchable electronic circuits

作者:Song J*; Huang Y; Xiao J; Wang S; Hwang K C; Ko H C; Kim D H; Stoykovich M P; Rogers J A
来源:Journal of Applied Physics, 2009, 105(12): 123516.
DOI:10.1063/1.3148245

摘要

A noncoplanar mesh design that enables electronic systems to achieve large, reversible levels stretchability (>100%) is studied theoretically and experimentally. The design uses semiconductor device islands and buckled thin interconnects on elastometric substrates. A mechanics model is established to understand the underlying physics and to guide the design of such systems. The predicted buckle amplitude agrees well with experiments within 5.5% error without any parameter fitting. The results also give the maximum strains in the interconnects and the islands, as well as the overall system stretchability and compressibility.