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LASER PROCESSING A WORKPIECE

  • US 20110000898A1
  • Filed: 02/10/2009
  • Published: 01/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of processing a workpiece, comprising a substrate having first and second films formed on its first and second surfaces, by direct-write laser ablation, in which the substrate is transparent to the laser radiation, the method comprisingproviding a first laser beam delivery apparatus comprising a laser beam scanner and a lens unit;

  • positioning the lens unit of the first laser beam delivery apparatus to the first surface side of the substrate to direct-write the first film; and

    direct-writing the first film with the laser beam from the lens unit being focussed at a spot short of the first film, whereby the laser beam is diverging as it impinges on the first film.

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