Patent ID: 8253923

Claim:
A method for applying mask data patterns to substrate in a lithography manufacturing process, comprising: providing a parallel imaging writer system, wherein the parallel imaging writer system includes a plurality of SLM imaging units arranged in one or more parallel arrays, and wherein each of the plurality of SLM imaging units includes one or more illumination sources, one or more alignment sources, one or more projection lenses, and a plurality of micro mirrors configured to project light from the one or more illumination sources to the corresponding one or more projection lens; receiving a mask data pattern to be written to a substrate; processing the mask data pattern to form a plurality of partitioned mask data patterns corresponding to different areas of the substrate; assigning one or more SLM imaging units to handle each of the partitioned mask data pattern; and controlling the plurality of SLM imaging units to write the plurality of partitioned mask data patterns to the substrate in parallel, wherein each SLM imaging unit is individually controlled.