Flexible sensor module and manufacturing method thereof

• Main Authors: Lee, Chaedeok, Yoon, Wonki, Lee, Heonmin, Kim, Soohyun
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.12.2018
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING

A flexible sensor module, includes: a sensing unit formed on a first substrate so as to be exposed to the outside, and configured to measure external environment information; a solar cell disposed on the first substrate together with the sensing unit, and configured to generate a power by receiving light; a wireless communication unit disposed at one side on the first substrate, and configured to transmit the information measured by the sensing unit to an external server; and a chemical cell disposed at another side on the first substrate, charged by receiving the power from the solar cell, and configured to supply the power to the sensing unit and the wireless communication unit, wherein the solar cell includes: a compound layer disposed on the second substrate, and configured to generate the power to be supplied to the sensing unit by receiving light; and a metallic electrode formed on the compound layer.