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Capacitive Pressure Sensors Utilizing a Conductive Human Fingerprint Microstructure

, , , and . 2023 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), page 1-4. (July 2023)
DOI: 10.1109/FLEPS57599.2023.10220400

Abstract

Pressure based tactile sensing is an essential part of how humans interact with their environment. Taking inspiration from a structure naturally optimized to sense force, the human fingertip, this work presents a fingerprint design carbon-black and ecoflex based capacitive pressure sensor. The finagrprint sensor shows a sensitivity improved from $2.94 10^-4Pa^=1$ to $1.48 10^-3Pa^-1$ when compared to an unstructured reference device. The sensor is furthermore compared to simulations and evaluated under receptive loading cycles.

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