Patent ID: 8661655

Claim:
A method for transferring a component supported by a carrier to a desired position on a substrate, the method comprising the acts of: attaching the component to the carrier using an intermediate layer located between the component and the carrier, displacing the carrier supporting the component with respect to the substrate, with the component situated at a side of the carrier facing the substrate, until the component is located opposite the desired position on the substrate, aiming a light beam at the carrier at an area of the carrier were the component is attached to the carrier such that a connection between the component and the carrier is broken and the component is propelled by a build-up of pressure, a least in part, by interaction of the light beam and the carrier when the component is transferred from the carrier to the substrate, and removing the intermediate layer from the component and from the area of the carrier where the component was removed, wherein a size of the intermediate layer in one dimension removed from the area of the carrier is a same size in the one dimension of the component.