公开(公告)号：US11931935B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17804939

申请日：2022-06-01

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Jolanta Gadzalińska ,  Łukasz Witczak ,  Aneta Wiatrowska ,  Karolina Fia̧zyk ,  Piotr Kowalczewski ,  Filip Granek

IPC: B29C45/14 ,  B29C45/00 ,  B29C45/16 ,  B29C45/20 ,  B29K77/00

CPC classification number: B29C45/14344 ,  B29C45/0001 ,  B29C45/0053 ,  B29C45/1657 ,  B29C45/20 ,  B29C2045/0075 ,  B29C2045/0094 ,  B29K2077/00

Abstract: A method of filling a microcavity with layers of a polymer material includes the following steps: (A) estimating a current vertical position of a bottom of the microcavity (current bottom position); (B) lowering the capillary tube into the microcavity towards the current bottom position; (C) dispensing a polymer composition from a tube outlet of the capillary tube under a dispensing applied pressure until the polymer composition substantially fills the microcavity; (D) curing a work piece including the microcavity and the polymer composition in the microcavity to obtain a current layer of the polymer material; and (E) repeatedly executing steps (A), (B), (C), and (D), until the layers of the polymer material have substantially filled the microcavity.

公开(公告)号：US20230125845A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-27

申请号：US18045014

申请日：2022-10-07

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Lukasz Witczak ,  Maciej Chrzanowski ,  Artur Podhorodecki ,  Filip Granek

IPC: H01B5/14 ,  B32B17/10 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B27/08 ,  H01B1/02

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods related to a transparent conductive film are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of forming a transparent conductive member (e.g., a transparent conductive film) includes extruding a metallic nanoparticle composition from a capillary tube onto a temporary substrate to form an extrudate. The extrudate can include metallic nanoparticle lines. The method further includes sintering the extrudate and the temporary substrate, dispensing a photocurable polymer onto the temporary substrate, and laminating a second substrate to the photocurable polymer. The photocurable polymer and the extrudate are interposed between the temporary substrate and the second substrate. The method further includes curing the photocurable polymer to form a transparent polymer layer and separating the temporary substrate from the transparent layer to form the transparent conductive member. The transparent conductive member includes the transparent polymer layer and the extrudate embedded in the transparent polymer layer.

公开(公告)号：US20210354361A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-18

申请号：US17314739

申请日：2021-05-07

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Krzysztof Kaczmarz ,  Maciej Tybel ,  Lukasz Witczak ,  Karolina Fiaczyk ,  Filip Granek

IPC: B29C48/475 ,  C09D11/037 ,  C09D11/033 ,  C09D11/106 ,  C09D11/52 ,  B29C48/00

Abstract: A metallic nanoparticle composition dispenser includes a piston-cylinder assembly and a capillary tube. The piston-cylinder assembly includes a cylinder, a pneumatic port at first end of the cylinder, an outlet port at a second end of the cylinder opposite the first end, and a piston movable in the cylinder between the first end and the second end. The capillary tube has a tube inlet and a tube outlet, with the tube inlet being coupled to the outlet port of the cylinder. A metallic nanoparticle composition is contained in the cylinder. The metallic nanoparticle composition dispenser is configured such that the metallic nanoparticle composition is extruded by the piston through the capillary tube under pneumatic actuation by a regulated pneumatic system coupled to the pneumatic port.

公开(公告)号：US12101893B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US17596920

申请日：2020-07-28

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Mateusz Zając ,  Urszula Nowak ,  Piotr Kowalczewski ,  Filip Granek ,  Jan Kotarski ,  Maciej Tybel ,  Szymon Zięba

IPC: H05K3/12 ,  B05D1/26

CPC classification number: H05K3/1241 ,  B05D1/26 ,  B05D1/265 ,  H05K2201/0257 ,  H05K2203/0126

Abstract: A method of dispensing a metallic nanoparticle composition along a trajectory on a substrate is disclosed. The composition is dispensed from a nozzle through its outlet. The outlet is characterized by an outlet size. First, an initial pressure is applied to the composition in the nozzle to cause the composition to flow from the outlet. The nozzle is positioned at a height such that the composition does not flow onto the substrate. Second, the nozzle is lowered toward the substrate such that a fluid bridge forms between the outlet and the substrate and an adjusted pressure is applied to the composition in the nozzle. The adjusted pressure is lower than needed for the composition to continue to flow from the outlet. Third, the fluid is dispensed from the nozzle. A dispensing pressure is applied to the fluid while the nozzle is laterally displaced along the trajectory on the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US12073962B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US18045014

申请日：2022-10-07

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Łukasz Witczak ,  Maciej Chrzanowski ,  Artur Podhorodecki ,  Filip Granek

IPC: H01B5/14 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B17/10 ,  B32B27/08 ,  H01B1/02

CPC classification number: H01B5/14 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B17/10 ,  B32B27/08 ,  H01B1/02 ,  B32B2255/10 ,  B32B2255/205 ,  B32B2264/1051 ,  B32B2307/202 ,  B32B2307/412 ,  B32B2307/732

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods related to a transparent conductive film are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of forming a transparent conductive member (e.g., a transparent conductive film) includes extruding a metallic nanoparticle composition from a capillary tube onto a temporary substrate to form an extrudate. The extrudate can include metallic nanoparticle lines. The method further includes sintering the extrudate and the temporary substrate, dispensing a photocurable polymer onto the temporary substrate, and laminating a second substrate to the photocurable polymer. The photocurable polymer and the extrudate are interposed between the temporary substrate and the second substrate. The method further includes curing the photocurable polymer to form a transparent polymer layer and separating the temporary substrate from the transparent layer to form the transparent conductive member. The transparent conductive member includes the transparent polymer layer and the extrudate embedded in the transparent polymer layer.

公开(公告)号：US12033862B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17654088

申请日：2022-03-09

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Łukasz Witczak ,  Jolanta Gadzalińska ,  Aneta Wiatrowska ,  Karolina Fia̧czyk ,  Piotr Kowalczewski ,  Filip Granek

IPC: H01L21/288 ,  B41M1/22 ,  B82Y40/00 ,  H01B1/02

CPC classification number: H01L21/288 ,  B41M1/22 ,  B82Y40/00 ,  H01B1/02

Abstract: A method of forming an electrically conductive feature traversing a microscopic step on or in a substrate is disclosed. A metallic nanoparticle composition is continuously extruded from a capillary tube (nozzle) while displacing the capillary tube along a first portion of a trajectory from a first position (above a step-top portion) past an edge of the microscopic step to a second position to form a first extrudate. The composition is continuously extruded while displacing the nozzle along a sloped second portion of the trajectory from the second position to a third position (above a step-bottom portion) to form a second extrudate. The third position is at a lower height than the second position. The composition is continuously extruded while displacing the nozzle along a third portion of the trajectory from the third position to a fourth position (above the step-bottom portion). The feature includes the first, second, and third extrudates.

公开(公告)号：US11691110B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17174912

申请日：2021-02-12

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Szymon Zięba ,  Maciej Tybel ,  Piotr Kowalczewski ,  Filip Granek

IPC: B01F23/23 ,  B01F23/232 ,  B01F23/20 ,  B01F23/454 ,  B01F23/2373

CPC classification number: B01F23/232 ,  B01F23/23 ,  B01F23/29 ,  B01F23/454 ,  B01F23/2373

Abstract: A method of obtaining a numerical model is disclosed. The numerical model correlates estimated capillary tube output diameter values to minimum pressure for gas bubble generation (MPGBG) values. An MPGBG value of each capillary tube in the reference group is measured for a liquid. An output diameter of each of the capillary tubes is measured by a microscope apparatus. A numerical model that correlates estimated capillary tube output diameter values to MPGBG values for the liquid is calculated.
A method of estimating an output diameter of a capillary tube includes the following steps. An MPGBG value of the capillary tube for a liquid is measured, and the measured MPGBG value is input into the numerical model to estimate the capillary tube output diameter value.
Other methods include a method of estimating an output diameter value of a capillary tube in a test group, a method of estimating and storing output diameter values of capillary tubes in a test group, methods of selecting at least one capillary tube from a plurality of capillary tubes in a test group, and a method of cutting a capillary tube to a desired estimated capillary tube output diameter value.

公开(公告)号：US11419219B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US16972094

申请日：2019-06-05

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Piotr Kowalczewski ,  Aneta Wiatrowska ,  Michal Dusza ,  Filip Granek

IPC: H05K3/22 ,  H05K3/46

Abstract: A method for modifying an elongate structure including providing a fluid deposited onto the substrate, the fluid containing a dispersion of electrically polarizable nanoparticles and applying an AC voltage across a portion of the elongate structure so as to cause an alternating electric current to pass through the narrow section such that a break in the elongate structure is formed at the narrow section, the break being defined between a first broken end and a second broken end of the elongate structure, and then cause, when the break is formed, an alternating electric field to be applied to the fluid such that a plurality of the nanoparticles contained in the fluid are assembled to form a continuation of the elongate structure extending from the first broken end towards the second broken end so as to join the first and second broken ends.

公开(公告)号：US20220212255A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17646333

申请日：2021-12-29

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Jolanta Gadzalinska ,  Piotr Kowalczewski ,  Karolina Fiaczyk ,  Aneta Wiatrowska ,  Filip Granek

IPC: B22F10/10 ,  B22F1/107 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y70/10 ,  B22F1/0545 ,  B22F1/054

Abstract: An additive method of forming a metallic nanoparticle microdot on a substrate is disclosed. The method includes: (A) estimating or obtaining a position of an outlet of a capillary tube at zero height above the substrate (zero-height position); (B) extruding a metallic nanoparticle composition from the outlet at a first height h1 above the zero-height position, including forming a fluid bridge between the outlet and the substrate; (C) optionally lifting the capillary tube relative to the substrate by a height increment of Dh while continuing to extrude the metallic nanoparticle composition from the outlet; and (D) rapidly lifting the capillary tube to separate the outlet from the fluid bridge.

公开(公告)号：US20190106804A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-11

申请号：US16087462

申请日：2017-03-21

Applicant: XTPL S.A.

Inventor： Filip Granek ,  Zbigniew Rozynek

IPC: C25D13/12 ,  H01L21/02 ,  H01L21/66 ,  H01L21/326 ,  H01L21/67 ,  H05K3/12 ,  C25D13/22

Abstract: A method is provided for forming structures upon a substrate. The method comprises: depositing fluid onto a substrate so as to define a wetted region, the fluid containing electrically polahzable nanoparticles; applying an alternating electric field to the fluid on the region, using a first electrode and a second electrode, so that a plurality of the nanoparticles are assembled to form an elongate structure extending from the first electrode towards the second electrode; and removing the fluid such that the elongate structure remains upon the substrate.