Additive manufacturing methods for magnetic materials
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorJohn D. Williams
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide a magnetic materials additive manufacturing system (MMAMS) configured to form compact magnetic structures and/or devices. A MMAMS includes a controller and one or more dispensers configured to dispense magnetic material matrix in a high resolution pattern in order to form the compact magnetic structures and/or devices. The MMAMS receives a magnetic device design including a magnetic structure to be formed from a magnetic material matrix, where the magnetic material matrix is configured to be used in the MMAMS. The MMAMS receives magnetic material matrix and dispenses the magnetic material matrix to form the magnetic structure.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a magnetic device design comprising a magnetic structure to be formed from a magnetic material matrix, wherein the magnetic material matrix is configured to be used in a magnetic materials additive manufacturing system “MMAMS”;
- receiving the magnetic material matrix by the MMAMS;
- dispensing the magnetic material matrix using the MMAMS to form the magnetic structure, wherein:
- the magnetic material matrix comprises a ferrite matrix and the magnetic structure comprises a transmission line;
- the transmission line comprises a center conductor separated from an outer conductor by at least one dielectric;
- the at least one dielectric comprises the ferrite matrix dispensed by the MMAMS;
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- at least one of the center conductor and the outer conductor comprise a ferromagnetic matrix configured to provide a poling field to the ferrite matrix to modify an electromagnetic propagation characteristic of an electromagnetic wave while it propagates through the transmission line.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a magnetic device design comprising a magnetic structure to be formed from a ferrite matrix and a ferromagnetic matrix, wherein the ferrite matrix and the ferromagnetic matrix are configured to be used in a magnetic materials additive manufacturing system “MMAMS”;
- receiving the ferrite matrix and the ferromagnetic matrix by the MMAMS;
- dispensing the ferrite matrix and the ferromagnetic matrix using the MMAMS to form the magnetic structure, wherein:
- the magnetic structure comprises a transmission line comprising a center conductor separated from an outer conductor by at least one dielectric;
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- the at least one dielectric comprises the ferrite matrix dispensed by the MMAMS;
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- the magnetic structure comprises the ferromagnetic matrix dispensed by the MMAMS such that the ferromagnetic matrix is configured to provide a poling field to the ferrite matrix to modify an electromagnetic propagation characteristic of a signal while it propagates between a signal source and a signal sink via the magnetic structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.