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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2018
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anne Plochowietz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eugene M. Chow, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jengping Lu, Fremont, CA (US);
Julie A. Bert, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
David K. Biegelsen, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Bradley Rupp, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sourobh Raychaudhuri, Mountain View, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems of controlling the placement of micro-objects on the surface of a micro-assembler. Control patterns may be used to cause phototransistors or electrodes of the micro-assembler to generate dielectrophoretic (DEP) and electrophoretic (EP) forces which may be used to manipulate, move, position, or orient one or more micro-objects on the surface of the micro-assembler.