Systems and methods for composite thermal interface material microstructure property prediction
First Claim
1. A method of simulating a digital representation of a physical bond layer, the method comprising:
- creating a bulk physical sample of a composite material usable between an electronic device and a substrate in an assembly;
obtaining one or more X-ray images of the bulk physical sample, the one or more X-ray images comprising one or more visual identifiers that correspond to one or more materials present in the bulk physical sample;
generating a three dimensional image of the bulk physical sample from the one or more X-ray images, wherein the three dimensional image comprises one or more labels indicating the presence and location of the one or more materials;
creating a meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model from the three dimensional image, wherein the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model incorporates data obtained from the one or more labels; and
simulating the digital representation of the physical bond layer using the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of simulating a physical bond layer comprising a composite material and predicting one or more properties of the composite material are disclosed. A method includes obtaining one or more X-ray images of a bulk physical sample of a composite material, the one or more X-ray images including one or more visual identifiers that correspond to one or more materials present in the bulk physical sample, and generating a three dimensional image of the bulk physical sample from the one or more X-ray images. The three dimensional image includes one or more labels indicating the presence and location of the one or more materials. The method further includes creating a meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model from the three dimensional image and simulating a physical bond layer with the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model. The meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model incorporates data obtained from the one or more labels.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of simulating a digital representation of a physical bond layer, the method comprising:
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creating a bulk physical sample of a composite material usable between an electronic device and a substrate in an assembly; obtaining one or more X-ray images of the bulk physical sample, the one or more X-ray images comprising one or more visual identifiers that correspond to one or more materials present in the bulk physical sample; generating a three dimensional image of the bulk physical sample from the one or more X-ray images, wherein the three dimensional image comprises one or more labels indicating the presence and location of the one or more materials; creating a meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model from the three dimensional image, wherein the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model incorporates data obtained from the one or more labels; and simulating the digital representation of the physical bond layer using the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for optimizing a digital representation of a physical bond layer comprising a composite material from a bulk physical sample of the composite material that is usable between an electronic device and a substrate in an assembly, the system comprising:
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a processing device; and a non-transitory, processor readable storage medium, the non-transitory, processor readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to; obtain one or more X-ray images of a bulk physical sample of the composite material, the one or more X-ray images comprising one or more visual identifiers that correspond to one or more materials present in the bulk physical sample; generate a three dimensional image of the bulk physical sample from the one or more X-ray images, wherein the three dimensional image comprises one or more labels indicating the presence and location of the one or more materials; create a meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model from the three dimensional image, wherein the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model incorporates data obtained from the one or more labels; simulate the digital representation of the physical bond layer using the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model; and optimize the digital representation of the physical bond layer for a particular application by manipulating the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model to obtain particular properties of the physical bond layer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for predicting one or more properties of a composite material, the method comprising:
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creating a bulk physical sample of the composite material that is usable between an electronic device and a substrate in an assembly; arranging the bulk physical sample at an X-ray machine such that the X-ray machine generates one or more X-ray images of the bulk physical sample, the one or more X-ray images comprising one or more visual identifiers that correspond to one or more materials present in the bulk physical sample; generating a three dimensional image of the bulk physical sample from the one or more X-ray images, wherein the three dimensional image comprises one or more labels indicating the presence and location of the one or more materials; creating a meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model from the three dimensional image, wherein the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model incorporates data obtained from the one or more labels; simulating a digital representation of a physical bond layer using the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model; predicting the one or more properties of the composite material with the simulated digital representation of the physical bond layer; and optimizing the digital representation of the physical bond layer for a particular application by using the meshed three dimensional microstructure-based model to obtain particular properties of the physical bond layer. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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