Patent ID: 7416629

Claim:
A method of attaching MST devices to a support member via an adhesive film, the MST devices each having an attachment face with a first aperture and the support member having a mounting surface with second apertures corresponding to each of the first apertures respectively and a fiducial marker for each of the MST devices respectively, and the adhesive film having a plurality of openings, the method comprising the steps of: positioning the adhesive film using the fiducial marker and the corresponding opening such that the openings register with at least part of the second apertures in the mounting surface; applying the adhesive film to the mounting surface; sequentially positioning each of the MST devices relative to the MST device previously attached to the adhesive film and the respective openings with a vision system that identifies a reference point on the MST device already attached and calculates a point on or within the opening corresponding to each MST device; and, attaching the MST devices with heat and pressure such that the openings establish fluid communication between the respective first and second apertures.