Patent ID: 8339573

Claim:
An apparatus comprising components: a) a source for producing a light beam; b) a mask mount adapted to receive a mask and capable of advancing along a linear first direction at a first rate, a second rate, and a third rate, wherein the mask comprises an image, and wherein the first image comprises contiguous first, second, and third image portions; c) a mask stage in communication with the mask mount and capable of translating at each of the first rate, the second rate, and the third rate; d) a conveyor assembly for advancing a substrate at a fourth rate through an exposure zone along a second direction, the substrate comprising a carrier and a layer of photosensitive material; and e) at least one optical element for directing the light beam to impinge on the mask such that the light beam is subsequently directed onto the photosensitive material in the exposure zone thereby forming a pattern in the photosensitive material, wherein the horizontal pattern formed in the photosensitive material is longer than the mask.