10 unifying physics of accelerators, lasers and plasma
• There is a recognizable technological evolution path for
all industries.
• Innovative patents (about a quarter of the total) used science and engineering theories outside their own area or
industry.
• An innovative patent uncovers and solves contradictions.
Together with these main clauses, the authors created a
detailed methodology, which we will review in the next section before making the connection to physics.
And as the reader has likely already guessed, it was the
word “TRIZ” that was skipped in the quote at the beginning
of the previous section. It was TRIZ that became the bedrock
of innovation at Samsung, and which can do so much more if
applied to other existing fields such as accelerator science.
1.5.1 TRIZ in action — examples
Let us consider the TRIZ approach with an example that is
often cited in TRIZ textbooks. Imagine that we need to polish
an optical lens with an abrasive stick (see Fig. 1.16) and we
need to do it quickly. However, there is a problem: polishing
the lens generates heat, which degrades the optical properties of the produced lens. Existing cooling methods are ineffective, as one cannot supply adequate and uniform cooling
to each abrasive particle.
FIGURE 1.16
Illustration of TRIZ in action — initial specific problem.
The first step of the TRIZ approach consists of identifying
the pair of contradicting parameters: the one that needs to be
improved and the one that simultaneously gets worse. In the
considered case of the lens polishing, these parameters are
the speed (the one to be improved) and the temperature (the
one that gets worse).
The second step of the TRIZ algorithm starts by identifying if anyone else has solved such a contradiction in the
past. And it is here that the power of TRIZ lies — hundreds
of thousands of analyzed patents allowed the TRIZ team to
put together a table, the contradiction matrix, which helps to
find relevant inventive principles corresponding to a particular pair of contradicting parameters.
• There is a recognizable technological evolution path for
all industries.
• Innovative patents (about a quarter of the total) used science and engineering theories outside their own area or
industry.
• An innovative patent uncovers and solves contradictions.
Together with these main clauses, the authors created a
detailed methodology, which we will review in the next section before making the connection to physics.
And as the reader has likely already guessed, it was the
word “TRIZ” that was skipped in the quote at the beginning
of the previous section. It was TRIZ that became the bedrock
of innovation at Samsung, and which can do so much more if
applied to other existing fields such as accelerator science.
1.5.1 TRIZ in action — examples
Let us consider the TRIZ approach with an example that is
often cited in TRIZ textbooks. Imagine that we need to polish
an optical lens with an abrasive stick (see Fig. 1.16) and we
need to do it quickly. However, there is a problem: polishing
the lens generates heat, which degrades the optical properties of the produced lens. Existing cooling methods are ineffective, as one cannot supply adequate and uniform cooling
to each abrasive particle.
FIGURE 1.16
Illustration of TRIZ in action — initial specific problem.
The first step of the TRIZ approach consists of identifying
the pair of contradicting parameters: the one that needs to be
improved and the one that simultaneously gets worse. In the
considered case of the lens polishing, these parameters are
the speed (the one to be improved) and the temperature (the
one that gets worse).
The second step of the TRIZ algorithm starts by identifying if anyone else has solved such a contradiction in the
past. And it is here that the power of TRIZ lies — hundreds
of thousands of analyzed patents allowed the TRIZ team to
put together a table, the contradiction matrix, which helps to
find relevant inventive principles corresponding to a particular pair of contradicting parameters.