Patent ID: 9291588
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B41F,B41J,G01N,G03F

Claim Text:
1. A system for forming a second pattern in registration with an alignment structure of a first pattern on a substrate, comprising: the substrate having a first magnitude of an electrical characteristic associated therewith, the substrate also having the first pattern on a surface of the substrate, the first pattern including at least one alignment structure that is associated with a second magnitude of the electrical characteristic that is different from the first magnitude of the electrical characteristic of the substrate; an advancing mechanism for moving the substrate; a probe for measuring an electrical characteristic at a plurality of positions at or near the alignment structure on the moving substrate; a controller for interpreting the measured electrical characteristic as a function of position for identifying a location of the alignment structure; and a first patterning station including an analog printing member or a digital printhead for forming the second pattern on a surface of the substrate in registration with the first pattern based on the identified location of the alignment structure.