Patent ID: 8056222

Claim:
A method for transferring a component to a receiving substrate comprising providing a laser; providing a receiving substrate; providing a carrier substrate comprising a laser-transparent support having a back surface and a front surface, wherein the front surface is in connection with a polymer material, wherein said polymer material is in connection with at least one component, said component comprising an active side and an inactive side, wherein said active side is in connection with said polymer material, wherein the polymer material has the property of being or becoming more volatile than the component when exposed to laser energy; positioning the laser in relation to the carrier substrate and exposing the carrier substrate to laser energy from the laser so that the laser energy is directed through the back surface of the laser-transparent support to strike the polymer material at a defined carrier location with sufficient energy to volatilize the polymer material at the location, causing the component to be released from the surface of the support; and positioning the receiving substrate in a spaced relation to the carrier substrate so that the at least one component is deposited at a defined receiving location on the receiving substrate, wherein said inactive side of said component is in connection with said receiving substrate.