Applied Materials, Inc.

Fan Cheung Sze

John M White

Shinichi Kurita

Quanyuan Shang

Hongbin Ji

Janusz Jozwiak

Inchen Huang

Emanual Beer

In a first aspect, a first apparatus is provided for inkjet printing. The first apparatus includes an inkjet head support that includes a plurality of inkjet heads. A first inkjet head of the plurality of inkjet heads is adapted to be independently moveable in both directions along a lateral axis relative to a second inkjet head of the plurality of inkjet heads. The first apparatus also includes a system controller adapted to control an independent lateral movement of the first inkjet head relative to the second inkjet head. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Apparatus and methods for an inkjet head support having an inkjet head capable of independent lateral movement

In a first aspect, a system is provided. The system includes (1) a stage adapted to move a substrate relative to print heads during printing; (2) at least one print head suspended from a support above the stage and adapted to be moveable in a plane above the stage; (3) a controller operable to rotate the print head about a center of the print head; and (4) an imaging system adapted to capture an image of the print head and to determine a center point of the print head based upon images of the print head captured as the print head is rotated. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Methods and apparatus for aligning print heads

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Fan Cheung Sze