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Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2005
Applicants:

Salleh Ismail, Moorpark, CA (US);

Nim Tea, Orange, CA (US);

Yang Hsu, San Marino, CA (US);

Weilong Tang, San Gabriel, CA (US);

Raffi Garabedian, Monrovia, CA (US);

Melvin Khoo, San Gabriel, CA (US);

Inventors:

Salleh Ismail, Moorpark, CA (US);

Nim Tea, Orange, CA (US);

Yang Hsu, San Marino, CA (US);

Weilong Tang, San Gabriel, CA (US);

Raffi Garabedian, Monrovia, CA (US);

Melvin Khoo, San Gabriel, CA (US);

Assignee:

Touchdown Technologies, Inc., Baldwin Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G03F 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to A microfabricated tip and post structure comprising a post having a rough top surface that diffuses incident light and a cross-section, and a tip, lithographically plated on the rough top surface of the post, having a smooth reflective surface appropriate for automatic vision recognition, and having a cross-section that is less than the cross-section of the post.


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