Patent ID: 7777397

Claim:
An article having an x-dimension, a y-dimension and a z-dimension, the three dimensions being mutually orthogonal, the article comprising: a. at least two conductive layers extending in the x-dimension, each conductive layer comprising alternating conductive regions and nonconductive regions; b. at least one nonconductive layer; and wherein the at least two conductive layers and the at least one nonconductive layer alternate in the z-dimension wherein the at least two conductive layers and the at least one nonconductive layer form at least a first and a second electrically responsive element, wherein the at least one nonconductive layer of the first electrically responsive element and the at least one nonconductive layer of the second electrically responsive element form a substantially continuous nonconductive layer in the x-dimension; wherein the at least first and second electrically responsive elements each have two opposing faces coincident with the y-z plane, wherein the first electrically responsive element comprises a first conductive region; and a third conductive region, wherein the first conductive region has a first surface and the third conductive region has a second surface, wherein the first surface of the first conductive region is exposed to a first opposing face of the first element and the second surface of the third conductive region is exposed to a second opposing face of the first element wherein the second electrically responsive element comprises a second conductive region; and a fourth conductive region, wherein the second conductive region has a first surface and the fourth conductive region has a second surface, wherein the first surface of the second conductive region is exposed to a first opposing face of the second element and the second surface of the fourth conductive region is exposed to a second opposing face of the second element wherein the first conductive layer comprises the first and second conductive regions and the second conductive layer comprises the third and fourth conductive regions.