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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Donald Frank Wilkins, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/04 (2006.01); C23C 16/04 (2006.01); C23C 14/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/042 (2013.01); C23C 14/04 (2013.01); C23C 14/042 (2013.01); C23C 14/542 (2013.01); C23C 16/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide for electrically reconfigurable deposition masks. One embodiment is a deposition mask that includes a plurality of electrical elements. Each of the electrical elements has an opening between a top surface and a bottom surface that constricts based on an electrical signal. A plurality of top surfaces of the electrical elements defines a top surface of the mask, and a plurality of bottom surface of the electrical elements defines a bottom surface of the mask.