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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
May. 25, 2007
Jeffrey Howerton, Portland, OR (US);
Mehmet Alpay, Portland, OR (US);
Ling Wen, Portland, OR (US);
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method performing a sequence of processing steps on a load supported by a processing plate. The load can include a single sheet on which a plurality of applications are performed or can include a plurality of panels on which respective applications are performed. For each application, at least one coarse target and at least one panel target are used to adjust the programmed coordinates for that application. After the first application of the load is processed using the coarse and panel targets, coarse and panel targets are located for the second application. Using the alignment provided by these targets, the second application is processed. Each subsequent application is similarly aligned and processed.