US 12,252,801 B2
Electrochemical-deposition system, apparatus, and method using optically-controlled deposition electrodes
David Pain, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Andrew Edmonds, Oceanside, CA (US)
Assigned to FABRIC8LABS, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by FABRIC8LABS, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/470,075.
Application 18/470,075 is a continuation of application No. 17/879,636, filed on Aug. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,795,561.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/228,365, filed on Aug. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0003036 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. C25D 5/10 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); C25D 5/00 (2006.01); C25D 17/10 (2006.01); C25D 21/12 (2006.01)
CPC C25D 5/011 (2020.08) [C25D 5/10 (2013.01); C25D 17/10 (2013.01); C25D 21/12 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrochemical-deposition apparatus, comprising:
an electrode array comprising deposition electrodes;
a photoconductor electrically coupled with at least one of the deposition electrodes;
an electrically conductive layer electrically coupled with the photoconductor and positioned so that the photoconductor is electrically interposed between the at least one deposition electrode and the electrically conductive layer;
an electromagnetic-radiation emitter configured to generate electromagnetic radiation and positioned so that, when generated, at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation illuminates the photoconductor;
an electric-power source configured to supply electric power to the electrically conductive layer; and
a controller configured to:
direct the electric power to be supplied from the electric-power source to the electrically conductive layer; and
direct the electromagnetic-radiation emitter to generate the electromagnetic radiation when the electric power is supplied to the electrically conductive layer so that an electric current is enabled from the electrically conductive layer, through the photoconductor, and through the at least one deposition electrode.