Patent ID: 8680401

Claim:
A reconfigurable printed electronic circuit, comprising: a substrate; a printed electronic base circuit with at least a portion thereof formed on said substrate; an optional printed electronic circuit element with at least a portion thereof formed on said substrate; at least one terminal carried by said optional printed electronic circuit element; at least one electrical component carried by said optional printed electronic circuit element and communicatively coupled to said at least one terminal; a separation mechanism permitting an at least partial separation of said optional circuit element from said substrate; whereby separation of said optional circuit element by said separation mechanism facilitates a change in circuit characteristics of said base circuit; wherein said optional printed electronic circuit element is separated from said substrate by said separation mechanism, and further wherein said optional printed electronic circuit element forms a part of said printed electronic base circuit to thereby result in said change in the circuit characteristics of said printed electronic base circuit and, wherein a portion of said optional printed electronic circuit element remains joined to said substrate, and said optional printed electronic circuit element is folded over at a portion thereof joined to said substrate such that said at least one terminal makes electrical interconnection to said printed electronic base circuit to thereby introduce said at least one electrical component into said printed electronic base circuit.