Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-r5zm4 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-26T10:29:06.969Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Electroforming simulations based on the level set method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2007

M. Purcar ,
J. Deconinck ,
B. Van den Bossche  and
L. Bortels
M. Purcar*
Affiliation:
ELSYCA NV, Z.1. Researchpark, 310 1731 Zellik, Belgium
J. Deconinck
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Electrical Engineering, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
B. Van den Bossche
Affiliation:
ELSYCA NV, Z.1. Researchpark, 310 1731 Zellik, Belgium
L. Bortels
Affiliation:
ELSYCA NV, Z.1. Researchpark, 310 1731 Zellik, Belgium
*
marius.purcar@elsyca.com
Get access

Abstract

This paper proposes a general applicable numerical algorithm for the simulation of two dimensional electrode shape changes during electroforming processes. The computational model consists of two coupled problems: electrode shape change rate computation and a moving boundary problem. The innovative aspect is that the electrode shape is computed over a number of predefined time steps by convection of its surface proportional with and in the direction of the local growth rate. Validation of the electrode growth algorithm is made by comparison with experimental results obtained for the electrode growth in the vicinity of a singularity (incident angle between the electrode and insulator = 180°). Finally an example related to the plating of two adjacent wires in order to demonstrate the strong features of the applied method will be presented.

Keywords

Type
Research Article
Information
The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 39 , Issue 2: NUMELEC 2006 , August 2007 , pp. 85 - 94
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2007

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

J. Newman, in Electrochemical Systems, 2nd edn. (Prentince-Hall, Englewood, New Jersey, 1991)
Alkire, R., Bergh, T., Sani, T.L., J. Electrochem. Soc. 125, 1981 (1978) CrossRef
J. Deconinck, in Current distribution and electrode shape change in electrochemical systems A boundary element approach, Lecture Notes in Engineering No. 75 (Springer-Verlag, 1992)
Deconinck, J., J. App. Elec. 24, 212 (1994)
Bozzini, B., Cavallotti, P.L., Int. J. Mater. Prod. Tec. 15, 34 (2000) CrossRef
Georgiadou, M., Veyret, D., Sani, R.L., Alkire, R.C., J. Electrochem. Soc. 148, C48 (2001) CrossRef
Georgiadou, M., Veyret, D., J. Electrochem. Soc. 149, C324 (2002) CrossRef
Qiu, Z. H., Power, H., J. Appl. Electrochem. 30, 575 (2000) CrossRef
J.A. Sethian, in Level Set Methods and Fast Marching Methods: Evolving Interfaces in Computational Geometry, Fluid Mechanics, Computer Vision, and Material Science (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999)
S.J. Osher, R.P. Fedkiw, in Level Set Methods and Dynamic Implicit Surfaces, Applied Mathematical Science (Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc., 2003)
Sethian, J.A., Wiegmann, A., J. Comp. Phys. 163, 489 (2000) CrossRef
M.J. Fagan, in Finite Element Analysis Theory and Practice (Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, 1992)
Purcar, M. et al., COMPEL 23, 1062 (2004) CrossRef
Lee, J., Talbot, J.B., J. App. Elec. 152, C706 (2005)
M. Purcar, Ph.D. thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2005
C. Hirch, in Numerical Computation of Internal and External Flows (Willey, Chichester, 1992)
Athanasiadis, A.N., Deconinck, H., Int. J. Num. Methods Eng. 58, 301 (2003) CrossRef
Barth, T., Sethian, J.A., J. Comp. Phys. 145, 1 (1998) CrossRef