National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

Varioscale, Inc.

Ronald S Goeke

Michael David Henry

Randy J Shul

Robert K Grubbs

David P Adams

Karl Douglas Greth

Jeffrey Stevens

V Carter Hodges

Kira L Fishgrab

Murat Okandan

Gregory Nolan Nielson

Anthony L Lentine

Jose Luis Cruz-Campa

Charles A Walker

Juan A Romero

Scott Silverman

Nanometers thick conformal coatings deposited by atomic-layer deposition (ALD) onto the metal surface of an active braze joint modifies the surface chemistry to eliminate excess braze filler metal flow. Unlike other means used to prevent braze filler metal runout, the thin ALD coating does not hinder next assembly processes, does not require post-braze cleaning, and does not alter the base material mechanical properties.

Method for eliminating runout of braze filler metal during active brazing

The present invention relates to a lateral via to provide an electrical connection to a buried conductor. In one instance, the buried conductor is a through via that extends along a first dimension, and the lateral via extends along a second dimension that is generally orthogonal to the first dimension. In another instance, the second dimension is oblique to the first dimension. Components having such lateral vias, as well as methods for creating such lateral vias are described herein.

Lateral vias for connections to buried microconductors and methods thereof

Lateral vias for connections to buried microconductors

A photovoltaic module includes colorized reflective photovoltaic cells that act as pixels. The colorized reflective photovoltaic cells are arranged so that reflections from the photovoltaic cells or pixels visually combine into an image on the photovoltaic module. The colorized photovoltaic cell or pixel is composed of a set of 100 to 256 base color sub-pixel reflective segments or sub-pixels. The color of each pixel is determined by the combination of base color sub-pixels forming the pixel. As a result, each pixel can have a wide variety of colors using a set of base colors, which are created, from sub-pixel reflective segments having standard film thicknesses.

Reflective photovoltaics

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Ronald S Goeke