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IDTechEx Unravels Competing In-Mold Electronics Manufacturing Methodologies

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Smooth, functional surfaces that provide touch sensing, often with backlighting, are becoming increasingly common. Applications range from vehicle interiors and domestic appliances to medical devices and aircraft seating. Rather than relying on a mechanical or membrane switch, these surfaces utilize capacitive touch sensing – the same principle used in smartphone displays. Capacitive sensing and backlighting of course require electronics behind the decorative exterior surface: in-mold e...

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