International Business Machines Corporation

Guillermo Prada-Silva

Joseph John Fatula, Jr

Andrew Chiu

Richard Jule Contreras

Robert W Hitzfeld

Rainer Schieferstein

Judith A Coffin

Lorraine P McDonnell Bushnell

An apparatus for rotary cathode electroplating having a head assembly, a substrate/thief assembly having a thieving ring which includes a number of individually chargeable segments, and a secondary induction assembly including a secondary core and a secondary winding. A motor drives the substrate/thief assembly to rotate relative to the head assembly. A controller directs electrical charge to each of the individually chargeable segments of the thieving ring. An electrical storage device stores electrical energy which is to be supplied to the controller. A charging apparatus induces a magnetic flux which induces an alternating current in the secondary winding of the secondary induction assembly. A converter converts the induced alternating current to direct current, which is then stored on the electrical storage device.

Apparatus for rotary cathode electroplating with wireless power transfer

A magnetic induction device having at least one secondary induction assembly including a secondary winding is mounted on a rotary element. A magnetic flux is induced the secondary induction assembly, causing an induced secondary alternating current in the secondary winding of the secondary induction assembly. The secondary alternating current is converting to direct current and is stored in an electrical storage device.

Apparatus for wireless transfer of power to a rotating element

The method and apparatus for supplying power to a rotary element by magnetic induction. A magnetic induction device having at least one secondary induction assembly including a secondary winding is mounted on the rotary element. A magnetic flux is induced the secondary induction assembly, causing an induced alternating current in the secondary winding of the secondary induction assembly. The secondary alternating current is converting to direct current and is stored in an electrical storage device. A rotary cathode plater is disclosed as a particular application of the apparatus by which power is transferred to a storage battery or high capacity capacitor, without the use of wires.

Rotary element apparatus with wireless power transfer

Microreflectance infrared (IR) spectroscopy is used to determine the degree of cure of Meta-Paete (pyromellitic dianhydride-oxydianiline ethyl ester) films on metallized substrates. In this method, the infrared bands at 1028 and 1015 cm.sup.-1 are used to indirectly monitor ethanol evolution during Meta-Paete cure. The 1015 cm.sup.-1 band serves as internal reference, while the 1028 cm.sup.-1 band, which corresponds to the C--O stretch in the ethoxy group, is used to monitor imidization through loss of the ethoxy group during cure. Quantification of ethanol evolution is possible, since no apparent distortion is observed in the external reflection spectra at these two frequencies. The method can also be applied to measure the cure uniformity of Meta-Paete films, to provide an estimate of film thickness over metallized substrates, and to monitor temperature uniformity in an oven cavity.

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