Paper-based PCBs
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Printed circuit boards
(PCBs) are an important part of the electronics, on which multiple functional
components and layers are formed. Moreover, the PCBs serve as a device foundation,
taking up a large area of the device, and contributing to the major electronic
wastes. Among the range of environmental-friendly and flexible PCB materials,
paper has attracted considerable interest because it easily decays without
generating environmental problems, and it is flexible, inexpensive, and mass
producible with the roll-to-roll manufacturing process. This project will
establish an innovative strategy to revolutionize paper-based PCBs for the
future green electronics. The work will design an additive process for
fabricating multilayer paper-based PCBs, which mainly use the combination of
matured paper manufacturing processes such as roll-to-roll printing, soaking,
coating, screen-printing, and dipping.
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