Epoxy-less packaging methods for electrical contact to parylene-based flat flexible cables

We present two methods for establishing rapid epoxy-less electrical connectivity to Parylene-based flat flexible cables (FFC). The first utilizes commercially available zero-insertion-force (ZIF) connector technology and the second utilizes a custom-fabricated connector with an acrylic/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) interface featuring screen-printed contacts. A contact pitch of 0.5 mm was achieved using both connector methods. These techniques are simple to implement, reversible, scalable and unlike epoxy-based approaches, do not require manual intervention to secure individual contacts.