Patent ID: 8173931

Claim:
A method for processing multiple work pieces with a laser micromachining system, comprising: receiving a first work piece from a supply of multiple work pieces, including at least first and second work pieces, wherein each work piece has multiple characteristics, including different first and second characteristics, wherein the first characteristic of the first work piece has a first primary value and the second characteristic of the first work piece has a first secondary value, wherein the first characteristic of the second work piece has a second primary value and the second characteristic of the second work piece has a second secondary value, wherein the first primary value is different from the second primary value, and wherein the first secondary value is different from the second secondary value; acquiring information regarding the first and second characteristics of the first work piece; assigning a first primary measurement value to the first characteristic of the first work piece based on the quality of the first characteristic of the first work piece; assigning a first secondary measurement value to the second characteristic of the first work piece based on the quality of the second characteristic of the first work piece; selecting from a look up table a first laser processing recipe associated with the first primary and first secondary measurement values, the first processing recipe including multiple parameters for processing the first work piece to create a feature having predetermined attributes in the first work piece; employing a laser system including a beam positioning system and/or a substrate positioning system to create one or more of the features having the predetermined attributes in the first work piece; receiving the second work piece from the supply of multiple work pieces; acquiring information regarding the first and second characteristics of the second work piece; assigning a second primary measurement value to the first characteristic of the second work piece based on the quality of the first characteristic of the second work piece; assigning a second secondary measurement value to the second characteristic of the second work piece based on the quality of the second characteristic of the second work piece; selecting from the look up table a second laser processing recipe associated with the second primary and second secondary measurement values, the second processing recipe including multiple parameters for processing the second work piece to create the feature having the predetermined attributes in the second work piece, wherein the second processing recipe is different from the first processing recipe; and employing the laser system including the beam positioning system and/or the substrate positioning system to create one or more of the features having the predetermined attributes in the second work piece.