B. Cole, C.Thompson, Z. Watts
Neuroink / Freescale LLC, North Carolina, United States
Keywords: advanced manufacturing, microstamp
Sensor and device prototyping remains limited by tools that are expensive, cleanroom bound, and slow. Current instruments require multi step processing, specialized operators, and dedicated facilities. Neuroink presents a desktop microstamping platform that deposits conductive, insulating, and biological inks onto flat substrates in a short ten second contact cycle. This microstamper uses a single rigid stamp plate onto which customizable stamps attach, patterning features from millimeters down to tens of micrometers in one step. The tool deposits on specialized defense substrates including ceramics, laminates, glass, and polyimide, essential for missile and aerospace systems. AI vision governs target recognition, alignment, contact force, and release, and registers successive stamps to build multilayer material stacks. Applications span benchtop research, antenna fabrication, high temperature pads, and small batch microelectronics. We present optical profilometry showing uniform layer thickness, electrode pad arrays, and a fully functional light sensor. Stamp plates endure over 10,000 cycles. This compact system enables point of need fabrication of mission specific defense microcircuits and sensors, reducing reliance on centralized cleanroom infrastructure.