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Imec Demonstrates Electronics that Flex and Stretch Like Skin

Integrates ultra-thin, flexible chip with bendable and stretchable interconnects into a package that adapts dynamically to curving and bending surfaces

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Imec announced that it has integrated an ultra-thin, flexible chip with bendable and stretchable interconnects into a package that adapts dynamically to curving and bending surfaces. The resulting circuitry can be embedded in medical and lifestyle applications where user comfort and unobtrusiveness is key, such as wearable health monitors or smart clothing. At the 2012 ESTC conference (Electronics System Integration Technology Conference) in Amsterdam (Sept. 17-20, 2012), the researchers wil...

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