Abstract:
A sintered electrolyte sheet comprising: a body of no more than 45 µm thick and laser machined features with at least one edge surface having at least 10% ablation. A method of micromachining the electrolyte sheet includes the steps of: (i) supporting a sintered electrolyte sheet; (ii) micromachining said sheet with a laser, wherein said laser has a wavelength of less than 2 µm, fluence of less than 200 Joules/cm2, repetition rate (RR) of between 30 Hz and 1 MHz, and cutting speed of preferably over 30 mm/sec.
Abstract translation:一种烧结电解质片,包括:不超过45μm厚的主体和激光加工特征,其中至少一个边缘表面具有至少10%的烧蚀。 一种微加工电解质片的方法包括以下步骤:(i)支撑烧结的电解质片; (ii)用激光对所述片材进行微加工,其中所述激光具有小于2μm的波长,小于200焦耳/ cm 2的通量,30Hz和1MHz之间的重复率(RR),以及优选超过 30毫米/秒。
Abstract:
A method of separating a sheet of coated brittle material comprises the steps of providing a sheet of layered brittle material comprising a brittle layer and a coating material adhered to a surface of the brittle layer and applying a laser along a separation line in the sheet, thereby cutting the coating material and separating the brittle layer by inducing a stress fracture therein.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment of the present invention an electrolyte sheet includes a body of varied thickness, the electrolyte sheet having a textured surface with multiple protruding features. The protruding features form an undercut angle with respect to the normal of the electrolyte sheet, the undercut angle being more than 0 degrees and less than 15 degrees.
Abstract:
An electrolyte sheet comprises a body of a varied thickness. The electrolyte sheet has at least one non-porous surface. This non- porous surface is a textured surface with multiple indentations therein. The thickest part of the electrolyte sheet is at least 0.5 micrometers greater than the thinnest part of the sheet.
Abstract:
A glass ribbon coated with a flexible material, the flexible coating forming a flexible web portion that extends from an edge of the glass ribbon at least one millimeter. The flexible web portion can be used to facilitate handling of the glass ribbon in a manufacturing process, and may include registration markings, or perforations, that further facilitate precise positioning of the ribbon.
Abstract:
A flexible substrate is described herein which is made from a freestanding inorganic material (e.g., mica paper, carbon paper, glass fiber paper) with pores/interstices that have been impregnated with a special impregnating material (e.g., silsesquioxane, alkali silicate glass with weight ratio of SiO 2 /X 2 O (X is alkali Na, K etc.) between 1.6-3.5). In one embodiment, the flexible substrate is made by: (1) providing a freestanding inorganic material; (2) providing an impregnating material; (3) impregnating the pores/interstices within the freestanding inorganic material with the impregnating material; and (4) curing the freestanding inorganic material with the impregnated pores/interstices to form the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate is typically used to make a flexible display or a flexible electronic.
Abstract:
A variable optic attenuator (VOA) comprises a waveguide (20, 22, 24) where the core (44) and cladding layers (42) are comprised of the same class of material. This waveguide also has a curved region (24), where an electrode (46) is disposed, such that when the electrode receives a signal, the vertical optical confinement of the curved region of the waveguide is altered. A method of variable optical attenuation includes providing a waveguide wherein the core and cladding regions are comprised of the same class of material. This waveguide also includes a curved region, where an electrode is disposed. The vertical confinement of an optical mode of an optical signal is altered by sending a signal to the electrode.
Abstract:
A method for separating sheet of brittle material having a thickness equal to or less than about 1 mm is disclosed. Once an initial flaw or crack is produced, a full body crack can be propagated across a dimension of the brittle material with a laser beam that is substantially absorbed proximate the surface of the sheet to produce sub-sheets. In some embodiments, only a single pass of the laser beam over a surface of the sheet is necessary to separate the sheet. In other embodiments a plurality of passes may be used. Sub-sheets can be further processed into electronic devices by depositing thin film materials on the sub-piece.
Abstract:
Disclosed are controlled chemical etching processes used to modify the geometry of surface flaws in thin glass substrates and glass substrate assemblies formed therefrom, and in particular glass substrates suitable for the manufacture of active matrix displays that are essentially free of alkali metal oxides such as Na2O, K2O and Li2O.