Patents by Inventor Matthew Alexander Meitl

Matthew Alexander Meitl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200214141
    Abstract: An example of a method of making a printed structure comprises providing a destination substrate, contact pads disposed on the destination substrate, and a layer of adhesive disposed on the destination substrate. A stamp with a component adhered to the stamp is provided. The component comprises a stamp side in contact with the stamp and a post side opposite the stamp side, a circuit, and connection posts extending from the post side. Each of the connection posts is electrically connected to the circuit. The component is pressed into contact with the adhesive layer to adhere the component to the destination substrate and to form a printed structure having a volume defined between the component and the destination substrate. The stamp is removed and the printed structure is processed to fill or reduce the volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Brook Raymond, Salvatore Bonafede
  • Publication number: 20200194370
    Abstract: A parallel redundant system comprises a substrate, a first circuit disposed over the substrate, a first conductor disposed at least partially in a first layer over the substrate and wire routed to the first circuit, a second circuit disposed over the substrate, the second circuit redundant to the first circuit, a second conductor disposed in a second layer over the substrate and electrically connected to the second circuit, the second conductor disposed at least partially over the first conductor, a dielectric layer disposed at least partially between the first layer and the second layer, and a laser weld electrically connecting the first conductor to the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Erich Radauscher, Ronald S. Cok, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Christopher Andrew Bower, Christopher Michael Verreen, Erik Paul Vick
  • Publication number: 20200144092
    Abstract: An example of a method of micro-transfer printing comprises providing a micro-transfer printable component source wafer, providing a stamp comprising a body and spaced-apart posts, and providing a light source for controllably irradiating each of the posts with light through the body. Each of the posts is contacted to a component to adhere the component thereto. The stamp with the adhered components is removed from the component source wafer. The selected posts are irradiated through the body with the light to detach selected components adhered to selected posts from the selected posts, leaving non-selected components adhered to non-selected posts. In some embodiments, using the stamp, the selected components are adhered to a provided destination substrate. In some embodiments, the selected components are discarded. An example micro-transfer printing system comprises a stamp comprising a body and spaced-apart posts and a light source for selectively irradiating each of the posts with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Erich Radauscher, Ronald S. Cok, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, James O. Thostenson
  • Publication number: 20200126825
    Abstract: An example of a method of micro-transfer printing comprises providing a micro-transfer printable component source wafer, providing a stamp comprising a body and spaced-apart posts, and providing a light source for controllably irradiating each of the posts with light through the body. Each of the posts is contacted to a component to adhere the component thereto. The stamp with the adhered components is removed from the component source wafer. The selected posts are irradiated through the body with the light to detach selected components adhered to selected posts from the selected posts, leaving non-selected components adhered to non-selected posts. In some embodiments, using the stamp, the selected components are adhered to a provided destination substrate. In some embodiments, the selected components are discarded. An example micro-transfer printing system comprises a stamp comprising a body and spaced-apart posts and a light source for selectively irradiating each of the posts with light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Erich Radauscher, Ronald S. Cok, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl
  • Patent number: 10573544
    Abstract: An example of a method of micro-transfer printing comprises providing a micro-transfer printable component source wafer, providing a stamp comprising a body and spaced-apart posts, and providing a light source for controllably irradiating each of the posts with light through the body. Each of the posts is contacted to a component to adhere the component thereto. The stamp with the adhered components is removed from the component source wafer. The selected posts are irradiated through the body with the light to detach selected components adhered to selected posts from the selected posts, leaving non-selected components adhered to non-selected posts. In some embodiments, using the stamp, the selected components are adhered to a provided destination substrate. In some embodiments, the selected components are discarded. An example micro-transfer printing system comprises a stamp comprising a body and spaced-apart posts and a light source for selectively irradiating each of the posts with light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventors: Erich Radauscher, Ronald S. Cok, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl
  • Publication number: 20200052152
    Abstract: A method of making a repaired electrical connection structure comprises providing a substrate having first and second contact pads electrically connected in parallel, providing first and second functionally identical components, disposing a first adhesive layer on the substrate, transferring the first component onto the first adhesive layer, electrically connecting the first component to the first contact pad, testing the first component to determine if the first component is a faulty component and, if the first component is a faulty component, disposing a second adhesive layer on the substrate and transferring the second component onto the second adhesive layer, and electrically connecting the second component to the second contact pad. The first and second adhesive layers can be unpatterned or patterned and the first and second components can be electrically connected to the first and second contact pads, respectively, with connection posts or photolithographically defined electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Erich Radauscher, Salvatore Bonafede, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Carl Ray Prevatte, JR., Brook Raymond
  • Publication number: 20200051482
    Abstract: A redundant pixel layout for a display comprises a display substrate and an array of pixels disposed on or over the display substrate. Each pixel comprises a first subpixel and a redundant second subpixel. The first subpixel includes a first subpixel controller electrically connected to controller wires and a first light emitter electrically connected to a first-light-emitter wire. The first light emitter is controlled by the first subpixel controller through the first-light-emitter wire. The second subpixel includes a second-subpixel-controller location connected to the controller wires and a second-light-emitter location comprising a second-light-emitter wire. The first light emitter is adjacent to the second-light-emitter location and the first light emitter and the second-light-emitter location are closer together than are any two pixels in the array of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Erich Radauscher, Erik Paul Vick, Andrew Tyler Pearson, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Alexander Meitl
  • Publication number: 20200020676
    Abstract: An exemplary active-matrix display comprises pixels disposed in a pixel array and pixel micro-controllers disposed in a controller array on a display substrate. Each of the pixels comprises micro-light-emitting elements that emit different color light. Each of the pixel micro-controllers is electrically connected to control the micro-light-emitting elements in each of two or more adjacent pixels in the pixel array. A spatial separation between pixels is greater than a spatial separation between the micro-light-emitting elements and is greater than a size of each of the micro-light-emitting elements. The micro-light-emitting elements in each of the pixels are disposed in a common pixel direction orthogonal to a pixel micro-controller center line an element distance substantially equal to or greater than one quarter of the extent of the pixel micro-controller in the common pixel direction from the center line. The pixel direction for each pixel controlled by a common pixel micro-controller is different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Christopher Andrew Bower