Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-inflated micro-glass blowing
- Patent Title (中): 自充气微玻璃吹
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Application No.: US12113927Application Date: 2008-05-01
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Publication No.: US08151600B2Publication Date: 2012-04-10
- Inventor: Erik Jesper Eklund , Andrei M Shkel
- Applicant: Erik Jesper Eklund , Andrei M Shkel
- Applicant Address: US CA Oakland
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Oakland
- Agent Marcus C. Dawes; Daniel L. Dawes
- Main IPC: C03B9/31
- IPC: C03B9/31 ; C03B19/08 ; C03B19/10

Abstract:
A method for glass-blowing on a microscopic level includes the steps of defining a plurality of microholes in a wafer, disposing a sheet of thermally formable material onto the wafer covering the microholes, heating the sheet of thermally formable material until a predetermined degree of plasticity is achieved, applying self-induced fluidic pressure by expansion of the heated trapped gas in the microholes to the sheet of thermally formable material, while the sheet is still plastic, and simultaneously forming a plurality of blown micro-objects in the sheet on the wafer by means of continued application of pressure for a predetermined time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080280124A1 SELF-INFLATED MICRO-GLASS BLOWING Public/Granted day:2008-11-13
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