Electrically Releasable Adhesive Tape Structure for Impact Strength

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing adhesive tapes with electrically releasable adhesive layers lack sufficient mechanical robustness and impact strength, as the constituents of the tape influence mechanical properties in complex ways.

Innovation Solution

The adhesive tape comprises a plurality of interconnected layers, including an electrically releasable adhesive layer, an electrically conductive carrier layer, and an adhesive layer, with a specific thickness ratio of the sum of the conductive and adhesive layers to the total thickness equal to or less than 1.0, ensuring high impact strength and reliable electrical releasability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If the adhesive tape includes multiple layers with specific thickness ratios to improve impact strength, then mechanical robustness is enhanced, but the complexity of the tape structure increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimpact strengthVSAvoidtape structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The adhesive tape is divided into multiple functional layers including an electrically releasable adhesive layer, a carrier layer, and at least one adhesive layer. This segmentation allows each layer to contribute specifically to impact strength while maintaining electrical releasability, resolving the contradiction between enhanced strength and structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The tape employs a composite structure combining different material layers with specific thickness ratios. The carrier layer provides mechanical support while the adhesive layers provide bonding functionality, creating a composite material system that achieves high impact strength without excessive complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Strength

If the thickness ratio of conductive and adhesive layers to total thickness is controlled to enhance impact strength, then mechanical robustness improves, but manufacturing precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimpact strengthVSAvoidthickness ratio control
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent specifies that the ratio of the sum of the first thickness and each second thickness to the sum of each third thickness is equal to or less than 1.0. This parameter control ensures optimal balance between impact strength and electrical releasability while providing clear manufacturing guidelines to manage precision requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If an electrically releasable adhesive layer is used to enable electrical debonding, then ease of operation improves, but mechanical strength decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical releasabilityVSAvoidmechanical robustness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The invention merges the electrically releasable adhesive layer with additional adhesive layers and a carrier layer to create a unified structure. This combination maintains the electrical debonding functionality while the carrier layer and additional adhesive layers provide the necessary mechanical strength, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and mechanical robustness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This configuration enhances the mechanical robustness and impact strength of the adhesive tape while maintaining reliable electrical releasability, allowing for efficient debonding and bonding applications.

Implementation Method 1

peel adhesion can be reduced by applying an electrical voltage

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectrical voltage application: Electrical Impedance Tomography

Data Source

PatentUS20260078283A1Adhesive tape with an electrically releasable adhesive layer, assembly, method and use
Publication Date: 2026.03.19 TESA SE
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AI summary

An adhesive tape comprising a plurality of interconnected layers is described. A first layer of the plurality of layers is an electrically releasable adhesive layer and has a first thickness. At least one second layer of the plurality of layers is provided, and each second layer is an electrically conductive carrier layer with a second thickness. At least one third layer of the plurality of layers is provided, and each third layer is an adhesive layer and has a third thickness. A ratio of the sum of the first thickness and each second thickness to the sum of each third thickness is equal to or less than 1.0. In addition, an assembly, a method and a use are represented and described.