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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2023
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Maxwell Murialdo, Westminster, CA (US);
Yuliya Kanarska, Livermore, CA (US);
Andrew J. Pascall, Livermore, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for forming an electrically conductive ink able to be deposited through a print nozzle during a 3D printing operation. The method may involves providing an electrically non-conductive flowable material adapted to be flowed through a print nozzle during a 3D printing operation. A predetermined quantity of chiplets may then be mixed into flowable material, in accordance with a predefined percolation threshold, to form a percolating chiplet network within the polymer as the ink is flowed through the print nozzle and deposited on a surface. The chiplets each form an engineered electronic component, and ones of the chiplets randomly connect, in accordance with the predefined percolation threshold, to form an electrically conductive circuit having a predetermined circuit characteristic.