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 21:
22. 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, that does not fill the 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, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes is configured in a cross shape, and further including distinguishing between torsion and shear forces in response to forces affecting the plurality of apertures in the section of dielectric material and corresponding to capacitance changes of said at least one of the first and second electrodes.