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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Jie Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jiun-der Yu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jie Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jiun-Der Yu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards systems, methods and a computer-readable medium for simulating the evolution of a height of an evaporating droplet. The simulation includes a simulation space with boundary conditions. The simulation includes generating a height function that is representative of the height of the droplet at a first point in time at a plurality of points in the simulation space based upon a lubrication equation that is a differential function describing variation of the height function over time. The simulation determines the height function at a second point in time by finding an approximate solution that satisfies the lubrication equations and boundary conditions.