Advanced Manufacturing of Flexible Electronic Circuits by Transfer Foil Method

Tuomas Happonen; Mikko Hietala; Arttu Huttunen; Terho Kololuoma; Markus Tuomikoski

doi:10.1109/FLEPS57599.2023.10220368

Advanced Manufacturing of Flexible Electronic Circuits by Transfer Foil Method

Tuomas Happonen^*, Mikko Hietala, Arttu Huttunen, Terho Kololuoma, Markus Tuomikoski

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Abstract

This study presents an advanced method to manufacture large-area flexible electronic circuits in a continuous roll-to-roll process. Transfer foil method founds on converting processes to cut and laminate thin metal foils to designed patterns onto a target substrate. The processing technique utilizes die-cutting tools, carrier foils and adhesive films to embed functionalities with bulk metal level conductivity directly on various surfaces. Transfer foil method is a chemical-free process and operates at room temperature favoring sustainable manufacturing. Furthermore, integration of rigid electronics on transfer foil patterns is realizable by low temperature soldering as proven in the paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	FLEPS 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-5733-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-9353-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FLEPS57599.2023.10220368
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	5th IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, FLEPS 2023 - Boston, United States Duration: 9 Jul 2023 → 12 Jul 2023

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Series	IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems

Conference

Conference	5th IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, FLEPS 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	9/07/23 → 12/07/23

Funding

This study has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101070167. This study has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101070167. This work utilized the Printed Intelligent Infrastructure (PII-FIRI) supported by Academy of Finland (grant No. 320019) Fig. 3. Die cutting desired pattern (top) and removing excess foil (bottom) in a continuous R2R process.

Keywords

adhesive film
converting
die-cutting
flexible circuits
metal film
roll-to-roll

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Happonen, Tuomas ; Hietala, Mikko ; Huttunen, Arttu et al. / Advanced Manufacturing of Flexible Electronic Circuits by Transfer Foil Method. FLEPS 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, Proceedings. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2023. ( IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems).

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Advanced Manufacturing of Flexible Electronic Circuits by Transfer Foil Method. / Happonen, Tuomas; Hietala, Mikko; Huttunen, Arttu et al.
FLEPS 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, Proceedings. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2023. ( IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems).

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Happonen T, Hietala M, Huttunen A, Kololuoma T, Tuomikoski M. Advanced Manufacturing of Flexible Electronic Circuits by Transfer Foil Method. In FLEPS 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, Proceedings. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. 2023. ( IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems). doi: 10.1109/FLEPS57599.2023.10220368

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