Patent ID: 7732731

Claim:
A method of laser processing targets of different types on a workpiece, the method comprising: providing a laser subsystem including a single pulse width tunable laser for generating one or more laser pulses; setting laser pulse width of the one or more laser pulses to selectively provide one or more laser output pulses having one or more set pulse widths based on a first type of target to be processed on the workpiece; setting a pulse shape of the one or more output pulses to selectively provide the one or more output pulses having the set pulse shape based on the types of targets to be processed on the workpiece; delivering at least a portion of the one or more output pulses having the one or more set pulse widths and the set pulse shape to at least one target of the first type to process the at least one target of the first type; resetting the laser pulse width of one or more laser pulses to selectively provide one or more laser output pulses having one or more reset pulse widths based on a second type of target to be processed on the workpiece wherein the set and reset pulse width are selectable over a continuous range between 1 nanosecond and 200 nanoseconds; moving the workpiece relative to at least a portion of the one or more laser output pulses having the one or more reset pulse widths and the set pulse shape; and delivering at least the portion of the one or more laser output pulses having the one or more reset pulse widths and the set pulse shape to at least one target of the second type which is different than and spaced apart from the first type to process the at least one target of the second type after the step of moving is at least partially performed.