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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA;
Ashish V. Pattekar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lars Erik Swartz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David K. Biegelsen, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Armin R. Volkel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gregory J. Kovacs, Greenacres, FL (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An ink leveling device for controlling a temperature difference across a substrate having ink disposed on the upper surface, the device including a cooling device cooling a bottom of a substrate to a first temperature that is lower than a viscosity threshold temperature of the ink, a heating device heating the upper surface of the ink layer to a second temperature that is greater than the viscosity threshold temperature of the ink and a device applying shear force across the upper surface of the ink layer.