SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ELECTROMECHANICAL ASSEMBLIES

摘要

A hybrid additive manufacturing approach that incorporates three-dimensional (3D) printing and placement of modules selected from a library of modules to fabricate an electromechanical assembly. By virtue of fabrication of the electromechanical assembly, mechanical properties and electrical properties of the assembly are created. The invention overcomes the material and process limitations of current printable electronics approaches, enabling complete, complex electromechanical assemblies to be fabricated.

主权项

1. A method for fabricating an electromechanical assembly, comprising the steps of:
depositing by a first device a first material into a plurality of stacked regions, each successive region positioned on top of the previous region, the plurality of stacked regions forming a base region comprising one or more void elements; selecting by a second device one or more module components from a library of module components; positioning by the second device each of the one or more module components into a portion of the one or more void elements of the base region portion such that the module components are adjacent one another, the base region portion and one or more module components creating both mechanical properties and electrical properties of the electromechanical assembly.