US 11,726,566 B1
Membranes with reduced resistivity
Li Yao, Redmond, WA (US); Tianshu Liu, Redmond, WA (US); Harsha Prahlad, Redmond, WA (US); Priyanshu Agarwal, Kirkland, WA (US); Daniele Piazza, Redmond, WA (US); Dongsuk Shin, Seattle, WA (US); Zhenzhen Shen, Kirkland, WA (US); Wenyang Pan, Redmond, WA (US); and Felippe Jose Pavinatto, Lynnwood, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,521.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/179,823, filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); C08F 214/22 (2006.01); C08F 214/24 (2006.01); C08L 27/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/014 (2013.01) [C08F 214/22 (2013.01); C08F 214/242 (2013.01); C08L 27/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a membrane;
a first electrode supported by the membrane;
a second electrode;
a dielectric fluid located within a fluid enclosure at least partially defined by the membrane; and
a controller configured to apply an electrical potential between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein:
the membrane comprises a dielectric material and an electrically conductive additive; and
the membrane has a volume resistivity of between 108 ohm.cm and 1012 ohm.cm.