IP Library Granted Patent US 9,576,853
Granted Patent B2
US 9,576,853 · App. 15/168,580 · Granted Feb 21, 2017

Magnetic trap for cylindrical diamagnetic materials

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,576,853
App. No.
15/168,580
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic trap is configured to arrange at least one diamagnetic rod. The magnetic trap includes first and second magnets on a substrate that forms the magnetic trap defining a template configured to self-assemble diamagnetic material. Each of the first and second magnets extends along a longitudinal direction to define a magnet length, and contact each other to define a contact line. The first magnet and the second magnet have a diametric magnetization in a direction perpendicular to the contact line and the longitudinal direction so as to generate a longitudinal energy potential that traps the diamagnetic rod along the longitudinal direction.

Claims (19)

1. A method of arranging a diamagnetic rod comprising:

arranging first and second magnets on a substrate so as to form at least one magnetic trap defining a template for self-assembling diamagnetic material, each of the first and second magnets extending along a longitudinal direction to define a magnet length;

levitating a diamagnetic rod in a vertical direction perpendicular above a contact line located where the first magnet directly contacts the second magnet, the first magnet and the second magnet having a diametric magnetization in a direction perpendicular to the contact line and the longitudinal direction so as to generate a longitudinal energy potential that traps the diamagnetic rod along the longitudinal direction,

wherein the longitudinal energy potential confines the diamagnetic rod in a three-dimensional confinement within the magnetic trap to perform a self-assembling process,

positioning the diamagnetic rod being levitated above the contact line against a target substrate to form wiring on the target substrate, wherein the first magnet and the second magnet make up one magnetic trap among an array of magnetic traps mounted on the template substrate, wherein the diamagnetic rod is levitated at approximately the trough portion, and

filtering a rod length of the diamagnetic rod based on the magnet length.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising wherein the longitudinal energy potential produced having a camel-back shaped energy profile.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the camel-back shaped energy profile includes a trough region interposed between a pair of peak regions.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the camel-back shaped energy profile determines a length of the diamagnetic rod to be trapped.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the camel-back shaped energy profile determines the rod length of the trapped diamagnetic rod satisfies a length ratio with respect to the magnet length.

6. A magnetic trap configured to arrange at least one diamagnetic rod, the magnetic trap comprising:

first and second magnets on a substrate that forms the magnetic trap defining a template configured to self-assemble diamagnetic material, each of the first and second magnets extending along a longitudinal direction to define a magnet length, wherein the first magnet directly contacts the second magnet to define a contact line,

a diamagnetic rod positioned in a vertical direction to levitate above the contact line against a target substrate to form wiring on the target substrate located where the first magnet directly contacts the second magnet, wherein the first magnet and the second magnet make up one magnetic trap among an array of magnetic traps mounted on the template substrate, wherein the diamagnetic rod is levitated at approximately the trough portion,

wherein the first magnet and the second magnet have a diametric magnetization in a direction perpendicular to the contact line and the longitudinal direction so as to generate a longitudinal energy potential that traps the diamagnetic rod along the longitudinal direction,

wherein the longitudinal energy potential confines the diamagnetic rod in a three-dimensional confinement within the magnetic trap, and filters a rod length of the diamagnetic rod based on the magnet length.

7. The magnetic trap of claim 6 , wherein the longitudinal energy potential produced has a camel-back shaped energy profile.

8. The magnetic trap of claim 7 , wherein the camel-back shaped energy profile includes a trough region interposed between a pair of peak regions.

9. The magnetic trap of claim 8 , wherein the camel-back shaped energy profile determines a length of the diamagnetic rod to be trapped.

10. The magnetic trap of claim 9 , wherein the camel-back shaped energy profile determines the rod length of the trapped diamagnetic rod satisfies a length ratio with respect to the magnet length.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2020
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: ELPIS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 052620/0961 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2016
From: CAO, QING; GUNAWAN, OKI
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038750/0001 →