Patent ID: 8506867

Claim:
A method of printing a transferable semiconductor element, said method comprising: providing an elastomeric stamp having a transfer surface with said semiconductor element supported thereon, wherein said transfer surface comprises a three-dimensional pattern of relief features that at least partially contacts said semiconductor element; providing a substrate having a receiving surface; establishing conformal contact between said semiconductor element supported on said elastomeric stamp transfer surface and said receiving surface, thereby contacting at least a portion of said semiconductor element with said receiving surface; offsetting said elastomeric stamp a horizontal distance relative to said receiving surface, thereby generating a mechanical deformation in at least a portion of said pattern of relief features without separating said semiconductor element from said transfer surface or said receiving surface; and separating said stamp from said receiving surface, thereby printing said semiconductor element to said receiving surface; wherein said offsetting step displaces relative to the substrate an upper portion of the relief feature without displacing relative to the substrate the stamp transfer surface that supports the semiconductor element; wherein the relief feature upper portion is separated from the stamp transfer surface by a vertical distance.