US 9,868,132 B2Granted

Die for depositing at least one conductive fluid onto a substrate, and device including such a matrix and deposition method

AssigneeTotal Marketing Services

InventorsPérine Jaffrennou, Benoit Lombardet

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Abstract

The invention relates to a die for depositing a conductive fluid onto a substrate, including a structure (11) for supporting at least one fluid (13) which is conductive and the viscosity of which sensitive to the radiation from a light source (5), in order to deposit said fluid (13) onto a substrate (3) so as to form conductive contacts or tracks on the substrate (3). The support structure (11) includes at least one tank (17) for said conductive fluid, the bottom wall (19) of which is to be arranged opposite said substrate (3) during the deposition, and said bottom wall (19) has perforations for enabling the flow (18) of said conductive fluid (13) onto the substrate (3) when said fluid (13) is subjected to the radiation (15) from said light source (5), wherein the perforations are formed according to a pattern of the fluid to be deposited onto the substrate (3). The die (7) further comprises an optical plate (9) having a pattern (30) pervious to the radiation from said light source (5), the optical plate (9) being impervious to the radiation from said light source (5) outside said pattern (30), while the pattern (30) pervious to the radiation from said light source on said optical plate (9) corresponds to a pattern covering the pattern (22) of the perforations of said support structure.

Claims23

Dependent claims

A deposition matrix for depositing at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid on one or more surfaces of a substrate to form one or more conductive tracks or one or more conductive contacts on at least a first one of the one or more surfaces of the substrate, said deposition matrix having an upper face and a lower face, wherein the upper face corresponds to a first surface of said deposition matrix and the lower face corresponds to a second opposing surface of said deposition matrix, the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid having a viscosity responsive to radiation emitted by a light source, the light source spaced apart from the upper face of said deposition matrix by a predetermined distance, said deposition matrix comprising:

a holding structure having first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the second surface of said holding structure corresponds to the lower face of said deposition matrix, said holding structure comprising:
at least one reservoir for storing the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid, the at least one reservoir having a top wall proximate the first surface of said holding structure and a bottom wall proximate the second surface of said holding structure, wherein the top wall corresponds to a first surface of the at least one reservoir and the bottom wall corresponds to a second opposing surface of the at least one reservoir, the bottom wall of the at least one reservoir spaced apart from the one or more surfaces of the substrate by a predetermined distance and having one or more perforations extending at least partially through a thickness of the bottom wall to allow the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid to flow onto the one or more surfaces of the substrate when the conductive fluid is exposed to radiation, the one or more perforations having a first pattern corresponding to a second pattern of the one or more conductive tracks or the one or more conductive contacts to be formed on at least the first one of the one or more surfaces of the substrate;
and
an optical plate having first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the first surface of said optical plate corresponds to the upper face of said deposition matrix and the second surface of said optical plate is deposited over and spaced apart from the first surface of said holding structure by a predetermined distance, said optical plate having a third pattern permeable to radiation, the third pattern corresponding to the first pattern of the one or more perforations in the bottom wall of the at least one reservoir and the predetermined distance with which the second surface of said optical plate is spaced apart from the first surface of said holding structure;
wherein the first and third patterns are aligned with each other such that the third pattern covers the first pattern.

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A device for depositing at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid on one or more surfaces of a substrate to form one or more conductive tracks or one or more conductive contacts on at least a first one of the one or more surfaces of the substrate, said device comprising:

a light source;
and
a deposition matrix, the deposition matrix having an upper face and a lower face, wherein the upper face corresponds to a first surface of said deposition matrix and the lower face corresponds to a second opposing surface of said deposition matrix, the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid having a viscosity responsive to radiation emitted by the light source, the light source spaced apart from the upper face of said deposition matrix by a predetermined distance, said deposition matrix comprising:
a holding structure having first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the second surface of said holding structure corresponds to the lower face of said deposition matrix, said holding structure comprising:
at least one reservoir for storing the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid, the at least one reservoir having a top wall proximate the first surface of said holding structure and a bottom wall proximate the second surface of said holding structure, wherein the top wall corresponds to a first surface of the at least one reservoir and the bottom wall corresponds to a second opposing surface of the at least one reservoir, the bottom wall of the at least one reservoir spaced apart from the one or more surfaces of the substrate by a predetermined distance and having one or more perforations extending at least partially through a thickness of the bottom wall to allow the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid to flow onto the one or more surfaces of the substrate when the electrical conductive and metallization fluid is exposed to radiation, the one or more perforations having a first pattern corresponding to a second pattern of the one or more conductive tracks or the one or more conductive contacts to be formed on at least the first one of the one or more surfaces of the substrate;
and
an optical plate having first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the first surface of said optical plate corresponds to the upper face of said deposition matrix and the second surface of said optical plate is deposited over and spaced apart from the first surface of said holding structure by a predetermined distance, said optical plate having a third pattern permeable to radiation, the third pattern corresponding to the first pattern of the one or more perforations in the bottom wall of the at least one reservoir and the predetermined distance with which the second surface of said optical plate is spaced apart from the first surface of said holding structure;
wherein the first and third patterns are aligned with each other such that the third pattern covers the first pattern.

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A process for depositing at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid on one or more surfaces of a substrate to form one or more conductive tracks or one or more conductive contacts on at least a first one of the one or more surfaces of the substrate, the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid having a viscosity responsive to radiation emitted by a light source, the process comprising:

positioning a deposition matrix above at least a first one of the one or more surfaces of the substrate, said deposition matrix having an upper face and a lower face, wherein the upper face corresponds to a first surface of the deposition matrix and the lower face corresponds to a second opposing surface of the deposition matrix, said deposition matrix comprising:
a holding structure having first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the second surface of said holding structure corresponds to the lower face of said deposition matrix, said holding structure comprising:
at least one reservoir for storing the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid, the at least one reservoir having a top wall proximate the first surface of said holding structure and a bottom wall proximate the second surface of said holding structure, wherein the top wall corresponds to a first surface of the at least one reservoir and the bottom wall corresponds to a second opposing surface of the at least one reservoir, the bottom wall of the at least one reservoir spaced apart from the one or more surfaces of the substrate by a predetermined distance and having one or more perforations extending at least partially through a thickness of the bottom wall to allow the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid to flow onto the one or more surfaces of the substrate when the electrical conductive and metallization fluid is exposed to radiation, the one or more perforations having a first pattern corresponding to a second pattern of the one or more conductive tracks or the one or more conductive contacts to be formed on at least the first one of the one or more surfaces of the substrate;
and
an optical plate having first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the first surface of said optical plate corresponds to the upper face of said deposition matrix and the second surface of said optical plate is deposited over and spaced apart from the first surface of said holding structure by a predetermined distance, said optical plate having a third pattern permeable to radiation, the third pattern corresponding to the first pattern of the one or more perforations in the bottom wall of the at least one reservoir and the predetermined distance with which the second surface of said optical plate is spaced apart from the first surface of said holding structure;
and
exposing the at least one electrical conductive and metallization fluid contained in the at least one reservoir of said holding structure to radiation emitted by the light source through said optical plate such that the at least one fluid flows through the perforations in the bottom wall of the at least one reservoir and is deposited on one or more surfaces of the substrate to form one or more conductive tracks or one or more conductive contacts on at least the first one of the one or more surfaces of the substrate, wherein the light source is spaced apart from the upper face of the deposition matrix by a predetermined distance;
wherein the first and third patterns are aligned with each other such that the third pattern covers the first pattern.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/397,712Filed 26 Apr 2013
Priority: FR 12 0126230 Apr 2012
Published: US 2015/0122174 A17 May 2015
Granted: 16 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B05C 21/005
Accessories or implements for use in connection with applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, not provided for in groups B05C1/00…
B41J 2/14451
Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads: structure of ink jet print heads discharging by lowering surface tension of meniscus
H10F 77/211
For devices having potential barriers: for photovoltaic cells
B41J 2/07
Ink jet: characterised by jet control