Patent ID: 7979144

Claim:
A pattern forming system comprising: a multi-axis robot operable to rotate an object having a surface through multiple axes; a profilometer operable to measure a contour of the surface; a patterning tool; a simulation tool operable to model characteristics of a conductive pattern or a dielectric pattern on the contour of the surface based on measurements from the profilometer; and a pattern forming tool coupled to the multi-axis robot, the profilometer, the patterning tool, and the simulation tool, the pattern forming tool operable to; receive a contour measurement of the surface from the patterning tool; transmit the measured contour to the simulation tool; receive, from the simulation tool, a model of the characteristics of a conductive pattern or a dielectric pattern on the measured contour; adjust one or more dimensions of the conductive pattern or the dielectric pattern according to the model; and create, using the patterning tool, the conductive pattern or the dielectric pattern on the surface.