Interferometric measurement and alignment technique for laser scanners

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5541731
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08444302

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A desired design for electronic structures is converted into a graphic design format and sorted into a pseudo-raster format corresponding to scan lines. A laser or other machining beam is controlled by a separate tracking beam utilizing a mid-objective scanning system. The firing frequency of the machining beam is determined by the position of the tracking beam on a detector, as compared to the scan line data. Accuracy is verified by detection of plume or spectra generated during machining. Evaluation and alignment of the machining and tracking beams is by interferometric methods. The system improves optical performance parameters of telecentricity, angle of scanned beam line, location of line in which the scanned line resides, astigmatism and field curvature.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Balz, James G Maybrook, NY 17 214
Cobb, Joshua M Millbrook, NY 53 1166
Freedenberg, Candace J Poughkeepsie, NY 9 95
LaPlante, Mark J Walden, NY 42 452
Long, David C Wappingers Falls, NY 163 2461
Patterson, Daniel G Wappingers Falls, NY 13 277
Ziemins, Uldis A Poughkeepsie, NY 39 379

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