Patent ID: 7946020

Claim:
A method of affixing a micro-object to a mounting structure at a desired relative orientation, the method comprising: embedding a shaped portion of a work piece in a first reference structure at a first relative orientation; parting the work piece into first and second portions, the first portion of which includes the embedded shaped portion of the work piece and defines the micro-object; embedding the micro-object in or clamping the micro-object by a second reference structure; aligning the second reference structure with the mounting structure at a second relative orientation, the first and second relative orientations defining the desired relative orientation of the micro-object and the mounting structure; bonding the micro-object to the mounting structure while the micro-object remains embedded or clamped in the second reference structure and the second reference structure remains aligned with the mounting structure at the second relative orientation; and separating the micro-object from the second reference structure, whereupon the micro-object remains in the desired relative orientation with respect to the mounting structure.