PATTERN TRANSFER SHEET, METHOD OF MONITORING PATTERN TRANSFER PRINTING, AND PATTERN TRANSFER PRINTING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230019668A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17864419

    申请日:2022-07-14

    摘要: Pattern transfer sheets, methods of monitoring pattern transfer printing, and pattern transfer printing systems are provided, for monitoring and adjusting laser illumination used for transferring paste patterns from trenches on the sheets onto a substrate such as electronic circuitry and/or solar cell substrates. Pattern transfer sheets comprise, outside the pattern, (i) trace mark(s) configured to receive the printing paste, aligned to the trenches and are wider than the width of the illuminating laser beam—to detect misalignment of paste release from within the trace mark(s) and/or (ii) working window marks configured to receive the printing paste, set at specified offsets with respect to specific trenches, with different working window marks set at different offsets—to correct the effective working window by adjusting the power of the laser beam.

    PATTERN TRANSFER PRINTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20240208242A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18429655

    申请日:2024-02-01

    IPC分类号: B41J2/475 B41M5/025 H01L31/18

    摘要: Pattern transfer printing (PTP) systems and methods are provided to improve the quality, accuracy and throughput of pattern transfer printing. PTP systems comprise a tape handling unit for handling a tape with pattern transfer sheets sections and for controllably delivering the pattern transfer sheets one-by-one for paste filling and consecutively for pattern transfer, with the tape moving from an unwinder roll to a re-winding roll. PTP systems further comprise a paste filling unit which enables continuous paste filling using a supporting counter roll opposite to the paste filling head, a wafer handling and positioning unit controllably delivering wafers for the pattern transfer in a parallelized manner that increases throughput, a paste transfer unit with enhanced accuracy and efficiency due to exact monitoring and wafer alignment, as well as a print quality control unit.

    PATTERN TRANSFER SHEETS AND METHODS EMPLOYING A RELEASING LAYER AND/OR PASTE MIXTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20230129519A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17971689

    申请日:2022-10-24

    摘要: Pattern transfer sheets and methods are provided for printing paste patterns (e.g., thin fingers) with a high aspect ratio and for increasing throughput in pattern transfer printing. Trenches in the pattern transfer sheets, that are configured to be filled with printing paste and to enable releasing the printing paste from the trenches onto a receiving substrate upon illumination by a laser beam—are coated internally by a coating configured to disintegrate upon the illumination. The coating is configured to enhance the releasing of the paste—increasing throughput and printing accuracy. The receiving substrate may be cleaned after paste deposition by removing disintegration products of the coating therefrom. Alternatively or complementarily, laser absorbing dye may be mixed into the printing paste to facilitate its release from the trenches.

    PATTERN TRANSFER PRINTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230148357A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17583440

    申请日:2022-01-25

    IPC分类号: B41J2/47

    CPC分类号: B41J2/47

    摘要: Pattern transfer printing (PTP) systems and methods are provided to improve the quality, accuracy and throughput of pattern transfer printing. PTP systems comprise a tape handling unit for handling a tape with pattern transfer sheets sections and for controllably delivering the pattern transfer sheets one-by-one for paste filling and consecutively for pattern transfer, with the tape moving from an unwinder roll to a re-winding roll. PTP systems further comprise a paste filling unit which enables continuous paste filling using a supporting counter roll opposite to the paste filling head, a wafer handling unit controllably delivering wafers for the pattern transfer in a parallelized manner that increases throughput, a paste transfer unit with enhanced accuracy and efficiency due to exact monitoring and wafer alignment, as well as a print quality control unit.