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Design, Fabrication, and Optimization of a Printed Ag Nanoparticle-Based Flexible Capacitive Sensor for Automotive IVI Bezel Display Applications

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Cheng Chin

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© 2023 by the authors. Since printed capacitive sensors provide better sensing performance, they can be used in automotive bezel applications. It is necessary to fabricate such sensors and apply an optimization approach for choosing the optimal sensor pattern. In the present work, an effort was made to formulate interdigitated pattern-printed Silver (Ag) electrode flexible sensors and adopt the Taguchi Grey Relational (TGR)-based optimization approach to enhance the flexible sensor’s panel for enhanced automobile infotainment applications. The optimization technique was performed to derive better design considerations and analyze the influence of the sensor’s parameters on change in capacitance when touched and production cost. The fabricated flexible printed sensors can provide better sensing properties. A design pattern which integrates an overlap of 15 mm, an electrode line width of 0.8 mm, and an electrode gap 0.8 mm can produce a higher change in capacitance and achieve a lower weight. The overlap has a greater influence on sensor performance owing to its optimization of spatial interpolation.

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Author(s): Palanisamy S, Thangaraj M, Moiduddin K, Alkhalefah H, Karmiris-Obratanski P, Chin CS

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Sensors

Year: 2023

Volume: 23

Issue: 9

Print publication date: 01/05/2023

Online publication date: 23/04/2023

Acceptance date: 20/04/2023

Date deposited: 01/06/2023

ISSN (electronic): 1424-8220

Publisher: MDPI AG

URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/s23094211

DOI: 10.3390/s23094211

PubMed id: 37177415

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