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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Alison Joan Lennon, Balmain, AU;
Peter Kirkland Thomson, Beaumont Hills, AU;
Nicolas Rowland Bingham, North Ryde, AU;
Alison Joan Lennon, Balmain, AU;
Peter Kirkland Thomson, Beaumont Hills, AU;
Nicolas Rowland Bingham, North Ryde, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are described for forming a structure on a substrate. The structure may be a circuit element. The method uses a digital specificationfor forming the structure, including specifications for printing and curing. The structure is printed (step) using a drop-on-demand printer, wherein the printing dispenses at least one material on the substrateaccording to the digital specification. The structure is cured (step) by irradiating the dispensed material from one or more electromagnetic radiation sourcesin the printer, wherein curing parameters are specified by the digital specificationto obtain a desired electrical property when the structure is a circuit element. The curing specification may specify the intensity of the irradiation and the location of irradiation points in the print region.