Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080292856 | Mechanically flexible and durable substrates and method of making - A flexible substrate are disclosed comprising an amorphous inorganic composition, wherein the substrate has a thickness of less than about 250 μm and has at least one of: a) a brittleness ratio less than about 9.5 (μm) | 11-27-2008 |
20090081512 | Micromachined electrolyte sheet, fuel cell devices utilizing such, and micromachining method for making fuel cell devices - 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/cm | 03-26-2009 |
20090121333 | Flexible substrates having a thin-film barrier - Methods and apparatus provide for: applying an inorganic barrier layer to at least a portion of a flexible substrate, the barrier layer being formed from a low liquidus temperature (LLT) material; and sintering the inorganic barrier layer while maintaining the flexible substrate below a critical temperature. | 05-14-2009 |
20100102042 | Non-contact glass shearing device and method for scribing or cutting a moving glass sheet - A non-contact glass shearing device and a method are described herein that vertically scribes or cuts a downward moving glass sheet to remove outer edges (beads) from the downward moving glass sheet. In addition, the non-contact glass shearing device and method can horizontally scribe or cut the downward moving glass sheet (without the outer edges) so that it can be separated into distinct glass sheets. | 04-29-2010 |
20100294748 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING A SHEET OF BRITTLE MATERIAL - 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. | 11-25-2010 |
20110048611 | DEBONDING A GLASS SUBSTRATE FROM CARRIER USING ULTRASONIC WAVE - A process for making a device comprising a thin functional substrate comprising bonding the functional substrate to a carrier substrate, forming functional components on the functional subsrate, and debonding the functional substrate from the carrier substrate by applying ultrasonic wave to the bonding interface. The application of ultrasonic wave aids the debonding step by reducing the tensile stress the functional substrate may experience. | 03-03-2011 |
20110318859 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING - Disclosed is an electronic device comprising a glass, glass ceramic, or ceramic sheet having a thickness less than about 0.4 mm and wherein a minimum strength of the inorganic substrate is greater than about 500 MPa. Also disclosed is a method of making an electronic device including drawing a viscous inorganic material to form an inorganic ribbon having opposing as-formed edges along a length of the ribbon, separating the ribbon to form a substrate sheet of inorganic material comprising two as-formed edges and forming a device element on the inorganic substrate. | 12-29-2011 |
20120040146 | Thin Substrates Having Mechanically Durable Edges - A substrate ( | 02-16-2012 |
20120045567 | FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES HAVING A THIN-FILM BARRIER - Methods and apparatus provide for: applying an inorganic barrier layer to at least a portion of a flexible substrate, the barrier layer being formed from a low liquidus temperature (LLT) material; and sintering the inorganic barrier layer while maintaining the flexible substrate below a critical temperature. | 02-23-2012 |
20120111054 | Methods and Apparatus for Guiding Flexible Glass Ribbons - Methods and apparatus for guiding flexible glass ribbons ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120211923 | LASER CUTTING METHOD - A method for cutting a sheet of material having a thickness of at most 400 μm using an electromagnetic wave beam (EWB) such as a laser. The method comprises forming a surface initiation defect and irradiating the sheet along a predetermined path within a short distance from the initiation defect a scanning EWB, such that the sheet is heated and cooled to allow for the propagation of the initiation defect into the predetermined path, and further along the predetermined path to result in a separation of the sheet along the predetermined irradiation path. This method can be advantageously used to cut glass sheets having a thin thickness to result in high-quality edge substantially free of major defects carried over from the initiation defect. | 08-23-2012 |
20120243853 | Micromachined Electrolyte Sheet, Fuel Cell Devices Utilizing Such, and Micromachining Method For Making Fuel Cell Devices - 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/cm | 09-27-2012 |
20120247154 | METHODS OF FABRICATING A GLASS RIBBON - Methods of fabricating a glass ribbon comprise the step of bending a glass ribbon in a cutting zone to provide a bent target segment with a bent orientation in the cutting zone. The methods further include the step of severing at least one of the edge portions from the central portion of the bent target segment within the cutting zone. Further methods are provided including the step of bending a glass ribbon in a bending zone downstream from a downward zone, wherein the glass ribbon includes an upwardly concave surface through the bending zone. The methods further include the step of severing at least one of the edge portions from the central portion of a target segment within the bending zone. | 10-04-2012 |
20120280368 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - Articles are described utilizing laminated glass substrates, for example, ion-exchanged glass substrates, with flexible glass or polymers and with semiconductor devices which may be sensitive to alkali migration are described along with methods for making the articles. | 11-08-2012 |
20130109116 | SURFACE FLAW MODIFICATION FOR STRENGTHENING OF GLASS ARTICLES | 05-02-2013 |
20130114219 | OPTO-ELECTRONIC FRONTPLANE SUBSTRATE - Frontplane articles are described utilizing laminated glass substrates, for example, ion-exchanged glass substrates, with flexible glass and with opto-electronic devices which may be sensitive to alkali migration are described along with methods for making the articles. | 05-09-2013 |
20130161368 | NON-CONTACT DANCER MECHANISMS, WEB ISOLATION APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - A non-contact dancer mechanism for conveying a web of brittle material includes a guide rail and a variable position web support plenum adjustably positioned on the guide rail. The variable position web support plenum may include an arcuate outer surface with a plurality of fluid vents for emitting a fluid to support the web of brittle material over and spaced apart from the arcuate outer surface thereby preventing mechanical contact and damage to the web of brittle material. A support plenum counterbalance may be mechanically coupled to the variable position web support plenum, wherein the support plenum counterbalance supports at least a portion of the weight of the variable position web support plenum on the guide rail. Apparatuses incorporating the non-contact dancer mechanism and methods for using the non-contact dancer mechanism for handling continuous webs of brittle material are also disclosed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130236675 | STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR SPLICING GLASS RIBBON - A glass ribbon ( | 09-12-2013 |
20130240398 | PACKAGES AND METHODS OF PACKAGING GLASS SHEETS - Packages and methods of packaging a plurality of glass sheets provide a stack of glass sheets with an interleaf protective sheet positioned between each adjacent pair of glass sheets. An outer portion of each interleaf protective sheet is bent over a portion of the peripheral edge of one of a corresponding adjacent pair of glass sheets to discourage relative shifting of the glass sheets with respect to one another. The stack of glass sheets are sandwiched between pressure members of an outer housing such that the pressure members each apply a support pressure that is distributed over an outer surface of a corresponding one of the pair of outermost glass sheets of the stack of glass sheets. | 09-19-2013 |
20140342148 | GLASS STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF CREATING AND PROCESSING GLASS STRUCTURES - A glass structure and a method for creating the glass structure include a glass carrier layer and a flexible glass substrate. The glass structure includes an intermediate layer at least temporarily bonding the flexible glass substrate to the glass carrier layer. The intermediate layer includes a first debond layer attached to an adhesion layer. The first debond layer is at least partially resistant to a high temperature processing of the glass structure at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 500° C. The first debond layer is configured to enable the flexible glass substrate to be debonded from the glass carrier layer after the high temperature processing of the glass structure. A method for processing the glass structure includes debonding the flexible glass substrate from the glass carrier layer after the high temperature process. | 11-20-2014 |
20150044445 | LASER CONTROLLED ION EXCHANGE PROCESS AND GLASS ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM - A method for forming ion-exchanged regions in a glass article by contacting an ion source with at least one surface of the glass article, forming a first ion-exchanged region in the glass article by heating a first portion of the glass article with a laser, and forming a second ion-exchanged region in the glass article. Characteristics of the first ion-exchanged region may be different from characteristics of the second ion-exchanged region. A depth of the ion-exchanged region may be greater than 1 μm. A glass article including a first ion-exchanged region, and a second ion-exchanged region having different characteristics from the first ion-exchanged region. The thickness of the glass article is less than or equal to about 0.5 mm. | 02-12-2015 |