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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bharath Swaminathan, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Ng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nag B. Patibandla, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Hou T. Ng, Campbell, CA (US);
Ashavani Kumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ajey M. Joshi, San Jose, CA (US);
Bernard Frey, Livermore, CA (US);
Kasiraman Krishnan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An additive manufacturing system includes a platen having a top surface to support an object being manufactured, a dispenser to deliver a plurality of successive layers of precursor material over the platen, a plurality of lamps disposed below the top surface of the platen to heat the platen, and an energy source to fuse at least some of the outermost layer of precursor material.