Patent ID: 6376134
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G03F,H05K

Abstract:
A printed circuit panel produced by a process carried out in an apparatus that includes a registration station and a direct imaging station, the process comprising the steps of:loading a panel in said registration station while said registration station is mechanically isolated from said imaging station; registering said panel in said registration station while said registration station is mechanically isolated from said imaging station to register said first panel with respect to said registration station; mechanically coupling said registration station to said imaging station such that the panel is registered with respect to said imaging station; transferring said panel to said imaging station; mechanically isolating said direct imaging station from said registration station; imaging at least one of a front surface and a back surface of said panel in said direct imaging station while said registration station is mechanically isolated from said imaging station; and unloading said panel from said direct imaging station, such that said imaging step of said panel in said direct imaging station can occur simultaneously with the registration of another panel in said registration station.