Patent ID: 8480933

Claim:
A method of calibrating a plurality of dispense heads within a fluid dispense system, the method comprising: positioning a mold within the fluid dispense system, the mold having a substantially planar surface; altering a voltage applied to the plurality of dispense heads such that for each voltage applied: dispensing a plurality of droplets of polymerizable material from the plurality of dispense heads on a substrate; contacting the polymerizable material with the substantially planar surface of the mold and solidifying the polymerizable material to form a patterned layer on the substrate; measuring a residual layer thickness of the patterned layer; from the residual layer thickness measured from each voltage applied, determining a desired residual layer thickness such that each dispense head of the plurality of dispense heads dispenses substantially the same volume; determining the voltage applied associated with the desired residual layer thickness to define a desired voltage; and updating the plurality of dispense heads to have the desired voltage applied thereto.