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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Abdelkrim Tatah, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191217 ; 21912171 ; 21912173 ; 21912175 ; 21912177 ; 21912174 ;
Abstract
A method for directing a light beam to a substrate and an apparatus to do the same. A single light beam is directed to a diffractive element. The diffractive element diffracts the single light beam to form a plurality of light beams. A controller generates a first control signal for controlling a digital micromirror device which selectively directs each of the plurality of light beams toward or away from the substrate. A lens focuses each selectively directed beam onto the substrate.