Patent ID: 7023526
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G03B,G03F

Abstract:
1. A method for printing a pattern on a photosensitive surface using a maskless lithography system including a spatial light modulator (SLM), the method comprising: defining two or more exposure areas within a predetermined region of the surface, each area corresponding to selected pixels of the SLM; forming an overlapping region between the two or more exposure areas, the overlapping region being defined by respective overlapping edges of the exposure areas, each overlapping edge corresponding to at least one overlapping pair of the selected pixels from each area; and alternately activating the pixels within the pair such that only one of the pixels within the pair produces the pattern during one exposure and only the other pixel within the pair produces the pattern during an ensuing exposure, the pattern being representative of an oscillating stitching line.