Patent ID: 7635497

Claim:
A method for producing a system comprising a substrate having a surface and a plurality of device components applied to different predetermined locations of the surface of the substrate, comprising: generating a plurality of liquid volumes, each liquid volume containing at least one device component; and accurately applying each of liquid volume of the plurality of liquid volumes onto the predetermined locations of the surface of the substrate, in which the components contained in the droplets are to be located wherein each of the liquid volumes is sized so small that each liquid volume wets only a predetermined partial area of the surface of the substrate after application of each liquid volume, the predetermined partial area being different for each liquid volume of the plurality of liquid volumes, wherein, in the step of applying, each liquid volume is placed on the surface of the substrate so that the predetermined partial area of the surface wetted by the liquid volume includes the predetermined location for the at least one device component contained in the liquid volume, wherein the shape and size of the partial area wetted by a respective liquid volume is determined by a location on which the liquid volume was directed in the step of applying, by the size of the liquid volume and the speed with which the liquid volume hit the surface of the substrate, or by a predetermined constitution of the partial area of the surface of the substrate, which is different from an adjacent area of the surface in its wetting characteristics so that the whole partial area and only the partial area is wetted by a respective liquid volume, and wherein the at least one device component contained in a respective liquid volume or the predetermined location of the surface of the substrate for the respective liquid volume is implemented so that after the application of the respective liquid volume a force acts on the at least one device component contained in the respective liquid volume, the force being sufficient in order to drive the respective device component only within the respective liquid volume to the predetermined location for the respective liquid volume, so that, for each of the plurality of liquid volumes, only a final adjustment of the device component to the predetermined location for the respective liquid volume is performed within the respective liquid volume; and removing volatile parts of the liquid volumes from the plurality of liquid volumes and stabilizing mechanical connections between the plurality of respective device components and the respective predetermined locations of the substrate.