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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott R. Johnston, St. Louis, MI (US);
Sergio H. Sanchez, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method according to one or more embodiments are provided to integrate circuits and/or circuit elements within a structure to form an electronically and/or physically integrated composite structure. For example, a circuit formed on a planar polymer substrate may be conformed to and electrically coupled to a forming structure in a single fabrication step. In one example, a forming structure formed and/or fabricated using an additive manufacturing process includes a contoured surface. A circuit is formed on a planar polymer substrate. The polymer substrate is deformed by environmental stress to substantially conform to the contoured surface of the forming structure and physically and/or electrically couple the circuit on the polymer substrate to a circuit formed on the forming structure. Additional systems and methods are also provided.