Patent ID: 6835426
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: C23C,G03F

Abstract:
A method for pulse-position synchronized deposition of a material in manufacturing processes, comprising the steps of:(a) providing a fabrication tool, including: a substrate, a material carrier element positioned in proximity to said substrate, said material carrier element having a deposition layer formed thereon, a source of energy generating pulses of energy directed towards said substrate and ablating said deposition layer at a predetermined area thereof upon exposure of said predetermined area of said deposition layer of said material carrier element to said pulses of energy, control means operatively coupled to said substrate, said material carrier element, and said source of energy, said control means controlling generation of pulses of energy and controlling speed and direction of relative motion between said source of energy, said substrate and said material carrier element; (b) initiating relative motion between said source of energy and said substrate with a first speed; (c) initiating relative motion between said source of energy and said material carrier element with a second speed, said second speed being a function of said first speed; and (d) generating said pulses of energy responsive to relative linear displacement between said substrate and said source of energy for transferring a material of said deposition layer from said predetermined area to a series of points on said substrate, for maintaining fixed increments of substrate displacement between said points.