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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
John Stephen Smith, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mark A. Hadley, Newark, CA (US);
Gordon S. W. Craig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Frank Lowe, Berkeley, CA (US);
John Stephen Smith, Berkeley, CA (US);
Mark A. Hadley, Newark, CA (US);
Gordon S. W. Craig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Frank Lowe, Berkeley, CA (US);
Alien Technology Corporation, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for assembling a structure onto a substrate. A method according to one aspect of the invention includes dispensing a slurry onto a substrate wherein the slurry includes a first plurality of elements, each of which is designed to mate with a receptor region on said substrate and each of which comprises a functional element, and wherein the slurry also includes a second plurality of elements which are not designed to mate with receptor regions on the substrate. Typically, these second plurality of elements help movement of the first plurality of elements.