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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2005
Sergey V. Broude, Newton Center, MA (US);
Rong Gu, Hudson, NH (US);
David S. Holbrook, Lexington, MA (US);
Kenneth T. Mcdaniel, Merrimack, NH (US);
Pascal Miller, Groton, MA (US);
David L. Wall, Burlington, MA (US);
Sergey V. Broude, Newton Center, MA (US);
Rong Gu, Hudson, NH (US);
David S. Holbrook, Lexington, MA (US);
Kenneth T. McDaniel, Merrimack, NH (US);
Pascal Miller, Groton, MA (US);
David L. Wall, Burlington, MA (US);
Resonetics, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for micromachining a conical surface. In one embodiment, such a system may include a rotating platform for receiving a long line of laser illumination, a mask having a predetermined pattern comprising a sector of a planar ring, the mask being positioned on the rotating platform, a workpiece stage having a rotational axis for rotating a removably-affixed workpiece comprising a conical surface, wherein the sector comprises the planar image of the conical surface, an excimer laser for producing a laser beam, a homogenizer for homogenizing the laser beam in at least a single direction, at least one condenser lens, a turning mirror and at least one projection lens.