eprintid: 10190389 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/03/89 datestamp: 2024-04-09 02:38:22 lastmod: 2024-04-11 00:36:12 status_changed: 2024-04-11 00:36:12 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Ali, I creators_name: Xue, F creators_name: Henriquez, CP creators_name: Niederhoffer, T creators_name: Idil, AS creators_name: Iang, DJ creators_name: Lancashire, HT title: Initial L ife Test of Silicone E ncapsulated FR 4 Printed Circuit Boards for Pre-Clinical A ctive Implants ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F46 divisions: F42 keywords: life test, encapsulation, printed circuit board, impedance, FR4, solder note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Silicone encapsulated FR 4 printed circuit boards may provide a rapid solution for protecting pre-clinical prototype implant electronics. Interdigitated electrodes (IDE s) with and without solder coating were manufactured on Cu-FR 4 laminates and silicone encapsulated (N = 14). IDE s were aged in saline and change in impedance was measured. Solder coated IDE s had stable 1 kHz impedances throughout the aging period with promising lifetimes for pre-clinical prototypes. A single uncoated IDE failed with a fall in impedance and verdigris. Other uncoated IDEs showed increasing impedance and dark copper(II) oxide. Failures attributable to contaminants and moisture ingress are under investigation. date: 2024-03-06 date_type: published publisher: IMAPS - International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.4071/001c.94758 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2262105 doi: 10.4071/001c.94758 lyricists_name: Lancashire, Henry lyricists_name: Niederhoffer, Thomas lyricists_name: Jiang, Dai lyricists_id: HTLAN52 lyricists_id: TNIED28 lyricists_id: DJIAN68 actors_name: Lancashire, Henry actors_id: HTLAN52 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public pres_type: paper publication: Advancing Microelectronics volume: 2023 number: EMPC pagerange: 224-227 issn: 2222-8748 book_title: IMAPSource Proceedings 2023 (EMPC) citation: Ali, I; Xue, F; Henriquez, CP; Niederhoffer, T; Idil, AS; Iang, DJ; Lancashire, HT; (2024) Initial L ife Test of Silicone E ncapsulated FR 4 Printed Circuit Boards for Pre-Clinical A ctive Implants. In: IMAPSource Proceedings 2023 (EMPC). (pp. pp. 224-227). IMAPS - International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10190389/1/EMPC_1038_v2.pdf