Patent ID: 6792326
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: B23K,B33Y,C23C

Abstract:
A material delivery system for miniature structures fabrication, comprising:a substrate; a material carrier element having a deposition layer disposed thereon and displaceable with respect to said substrate, said deposition layer containing at least one depositable material, said material carrier element being maintained in predetermined spaced relationship with respect to said substrate; an energy beam directed towards said material carrier element; and control means operatively coupled to said energy beam and said material carrier element for changing relative position between said material carrier element and said energy beam, thereby exposing respective areas of said deposition layer to said energy beam in a patterned fashion, said at least one depositable material being ablated from said respective areas of said deposition layer upon exposure to said energy beam, transferring to said substrate for depositing thereon at regions thereof corresponding to said respective areas of said deposition layer on said material carrier element.