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Plating Processes Utilizing High Intensity Acoustic BeamsA system and a method for selective plating processes are disclosed which use directed beams of high intensity acoustic waves to create non-linear effects that alter and improve the plating process. The directed beams are focused on the surface of an object, which in one embodiment is immersed in a plating solution, and in another embodiment is suspended above a plating solution. The plating processes provide precise control of the thickness of the layers of the plating, while at the same time, in at least some incidents, eliminates the need for masking.
Document ID
20020060109
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
External Source(s)
LEW-17041-1
Authors
Richard C Oeftering
(Glenn Research Center Cleveland, United States)
Charles Denofrio
(Glenn Research Center Cleveland, United States)
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
April 9, 2002
Publication Information
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Subject Category
Acoustics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-6,368,482
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-669052
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