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Hexagonal site line scanning method and system

  • US 8,023,162 B2
  • Filed: 09/03/2010
  • Issued: 09/20/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of scanning an array of discrete sites, comprising:

  • (a) providing an array of discrete sites, wherein the sites are arranged in a hexagonal grid; and

    (b) scanning the array of discrete sites with a line of radiation using a scanner, wherein distances between nearest neighbor sites that are irradiated simultaneously by the line of radiation at a particular scan position are greater than a distance between any one of the sites being irradiated simultaneously by the line of radiation and a nearest neighbor site that is not one of the sites being irradiated simultaneously by the line of radiation.

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