Printing of Functional Structures on Molded 3D Devices

This paper summarizes the results on inkjet printing and characterization of functional structures on molded 2D and 3D devices. Different injection molded thermoplastics, a transfer molded thermoset and polyimide foil as substrate materials were used. Conductive structures were obtained by inkjet printing of a commercial available silver nanoparticle ink. The use of printable acrylic based ink enabled the fabrication of conductor crossovers or multilayers. Results on inkjet printed temperature sensitive structures and an inkjet printed intrusion sensor device as well as an inkjet printed electrical interconnect on a transfer molded package will be presented.