Patent ID: 11946821
Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. A method comprising:
printing electrode patterns on flexible substrates to form:
a first flexible substrate having a first electrode; and
a second flexible substrate having a second electrode;

providing a dielectric layer, having a section of dielectric material that encapsulates a plurality of apertures therein and that does not fill the plurality of apertures, and that is arranged on or against the first flexible substrate; and
combining the dielectric layer and the second flexible substrate into at least part of a sensor apparatus such that the first and second electrodes are separated by the section of dielectric material and are overlapping with respect to one another, and wherein differently-sized apertures in the section of dielectric material respectively correspond to different ranges in which the sensor apparatus is to detect normal and shear forces.