Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120040233 | BARRIER FOR THIN FILM LITHIUM BATTERIES MADE ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES AND RELATED METHODS - A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication. | 02-16-2012 |
20120055633 | HIGH THROUGHPUT PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOLID STATE BATTERIES - An apparatus for formation of element(s) of an electrochemical cell using a complete process. The apparatus includes a first work piece configured to a transfer device, a source of material in fluid form, a reaction region operably coupled to the source of material and a second work piece configured within a vicinity of the reaction region. The apparatus also has an energy source configured to the reaction region to subject a portion of the material to energy to substantially evaporate the portion of the material within a time period and cause deposition of a gaseous species derived from the evaporated material onto a surface region of the second work piece to form a thickness of material for a component of the solid state electrochemical device and a vacuum chamber to maintain at least the first and second work pieces, the reaction region, and the material within a vacuum environment. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058280 | THERMAL EVAPORATION PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOLID STATE BATTERY DEVICES - A method for manufacturing a solid-state battery device. The method can include providing a substrate within a process region of an apparatus. A cathode source and an anode source can be subjected to one or more energy sources to transfer thermal energy into a portion of the source materials to evaporate into a vapor phase. An ionic species from an ion source can be introduced and a thickness of solid-state battery materials can be formed overlying the surface region by interacting the gaseous species derived from the plurality of electrons and the ionic species. During formation of the thickness of the solid-state battery materials, the surface region can be maintained in a vacuum environment from about 10-6 to 10-4 Torr. Active materials comprising cathode, electrolyte, and anode with non-reactive species can be deposited for the formation of modified modulus layers, such a void or voided porous like materials. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058380 | MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED THIN-FILM SOLID STATE LITHIUM BATTERY DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE LAYERS OF LITHIUM ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - A monolithically integrated thin-film solid-state lithium battery device to supply energy to a mobile communication device. The battery device comprises multiple layers ranging from greater than 100 layers to less than 20,000 layers of lithium electrochemical cells. The lithium electrochemical cells are connected in parallel or in series to conform to a spatial volume. The device is substantially free from a substrate member. The overlying multiple layers are free from any intermediary substrate member. The multiple layers are configured to form a plurality of electrochemical cells configured in a parallel arrangement or a serial arrangement using either a self terminated or post terminated connector configuration. | 03-08-2012 |
20120130522 | METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN OF A MANUFACTURING FACILITY FOR FABRICATION OF SOLID STATE HYBRID THIN FILM ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION DEVICES - A method and system for designing a manufacturing facility for solid state thin film battery devices. The method can include providing a plurality of processing tools for arrangement within a predetermined spatial region of one or more manufacturing facilities. A plurality of variables can be assigned for the plurality of processing tools. A target financial variable can be defined to evaluate different manufacturing processing tool configurations. The plurality of variables in the tensor relationship can be processed to reduce a magnitude of the target variable. An optimized set of the plurality of processing tools and respective configuration with the plurality of tools associated with the reduced magnitude of the target variable can be determined through processing. The optimized set of the plurality of processing tools in the respective configuration can be used in the one or more manufacturing facilities for the manufacture of a solid state thin film battery device. | 05-24-2012 |
20120135292 | CONFORMAL SOLID STATE PACKAGE METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A BATTERY DEVICE - A monolithically integrated thin-film solid-state lithium battery device to supply energy to a mobile communication device. The device includes a plurality of layers ranging from greater than 100 layers to less than 20,000 layers of lithium electrochemical cells, which may be connected in parallel or in series to conform to a spatial volume. The device also includes a polymer based coating characterized by a thickness to house the plurality of layers and configured as an exterior region for the battery device, the polymer based coating having a resistivity of 10 | 05-31-2012 |
20130220546 | HIGH THROUGHPUT PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF SOLID STATE BATTERIES - An apparatus for formation of element(s) of an electrochemical cell using a complete process. The apparatus includes a first work piece configured to a transfer device, a source of material in fluid form, a reaction region operably coupled to the source of material and a second work piece configured within a distance of the reaction region. The apparatus also has an energy source configured to the reaction region to subject a portion of the material to energy to substantially evaporate the portion of the material within a time period and cause deposition of a gaseous species derived from the evaporated material onto a surface region of the second work piece to form a thickness of material for a component of the solid state electrochemical device and a vacuum chamber to maintain at least the first and second work pieces, the reaction region, and the material within a vacuum environment. | 08-29-2013 |
20150072215 | BARRIER FOR THIN FILM LITHIUM BATTERIES MADE ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES AND RELATED METHODS - A thin film solid state battery configured with barrier regions formed on a flexible substrate member and method. The method includes forming a bottom thin film barrier material overlying and directly contacting a surface region of a substrate. A first current collector region can be formed overlying the bottom barrier material and forming a first cathode material overlying the first current collector region. A first electrolyte can be formed overlying the first cathode material, and a second current collector region can be formed overlying the first anode material. The method also includes forming an intermediary thin film barrier material overlying the second current collector region and forming a top thin film barrier material overlying the second electrochemical cell. The solid state battery can comprise the elements described in the method of fabrication. | 03-12-2015 |