# US 12,594,628 B2 · Beam processing apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,594,628 B2 - Document ID: US12594628B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/787,818 - Filed: 2019-12-26 - Published: 2023-01-26 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-26 - Assignees: Nikon Corporation - Applicants: Nikon Corporation - Inventors: Tomoki Miyakawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12594628B2 ## CPC - B23K 26/36: Removing material (B23K26/55, B23K26/57 take precedence) - B23K 26/08: Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece - B23K 26/032: {using optical means} - B23K 26/082: Scanning systems, i.e. devices involving movement of the laser beam relative to the laser head - B23K 26/364: for making a groove or trench, e.g. for scribing a break initiation groove - B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM ## Abstract A beam processing apparatus is a beam processing apparatus that irradiates a workpiece with a processing beam, and performs a removal processing of a first part of the workpiece by irradiating a first surface of the workpiece with the processing beam while moving an irradiation position of the processing beam along a first direction, and performs a removal processing of a second part of the workpiece by irradiating a second surface, which is formed at the workpiece by the removal processing of the first part, with the processing beam while moving the irradiation position of the processing beam along the first direction. A moving range of the processing beam for the removal processing of the second part is smaller than a moving range of the processing beam for the removal processing of the first part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A beam processing apparatus that irradiates a workpiece with a processing beam, the beam processing apparatus comprising: a beam irradiation apparatus that includes: an irradiation optical system that emits the processing beam; and a beam irradiation position change member that is disposed on an optical path of the processing beam and that changes an irradiation position of the processing beam on the workpiece; a position change apparatus that changes a positional relationship between the irradiation optical system and the workpiece; and a control apparatus that controls the beam irradiation apparatus, wherein the control apparatus is configured to: (i) control the beam irradiation apparatus to perform a removal processing of a first part of the workpiece by irradiating a first surface of the workpiece with the processing beam while moving the irradiation position of the processing beam along a first direction, and to perform a removal processing of a second part of the workpiece by irradiating a second surface of the workpiece, which is formed at the workpiece by the removal processing of the first part, with the processing beam while moving the irradiation position of the processing beam along the first direction within a moving range smaller than a moving range for performing the removal processing of the first part, (ii) control the position change apparatus to change the positional relationship between the irradiation optical system and the workpiece after the removal processing of the first and second parts are performed, and (iii) after the positional relationship between the irradiation optical system and the workpiece is changed, control the beam irradiation apparatus to perform a removal processing of a third part of the workpiece, which is adjacent to a position where the first part has been removed along the first direction, by irradiating the first surface of the workpiece with the processing beam while moving the irradiation position of the processing beam along the first direction, and to perform a removal processing of a fourth part of the workpiece, which is adjacent to a position where the second part has been removed along the first direction, by irradiating a third surface of the workpiece, which is formed at the workpiece by the removal processing of the third part, with the processing beam while moving the irradiation position of the processing beam along the first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the beam irradiation position change member changes the irradiation position along the first direction, and a size of the first part along the first direction is larger than a size of the second part along the first direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control apparatus controls the beam irradiation apparatus so that a moving range of the processing beam for the removal processing of the fourth part is equal to or larger than a moving range of the processing beam for the removal processing of the third part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the beam irradiation position change member changes the irradiation position along the first direction, and a size of the third part along the first direction is equal to or smaller than a size of the fourth part along the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the beam irradiation position change member changes the irradiation position along the first direction, and a position of an end part of the fourth part at the second part side is located at a position that is away toward the second part side from a position of an end part of the third part at the first part side along the first direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a position of an end part of the fourth part at an opposite side of the second part is located at a position that is same as or away toward the second part side from a position of an end part of the third part at an opposite side of the first part along the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a position of an end part of the first part at an opposite side of the third part is same as a position of an end part of the second part at an opposite side of the fourth part along the first direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a concave part is formed at the workpiece by a processing including the removal processing of the first part, the second part, the third part and the fourth part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after the first part is removed, the beam irradiation position change member moves the irradiation position of the processing beam along a second direction that intersects with the first direction and then performs a removal processing of a fifth part, which is adjacent to the first part, by irradiating the first surface of the workpiece with the processing beam while moving the irradiation position of the processing beam along the first direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the removal processing of the second part is performed after the removal processing of the fifth part is performed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control apparatus makes a condensed position of the processing beam for performing the removal processing of the fourth part be away more along a propagating direction of the processing beam from the first surface than a condensed position of the processing beam for performing the removal processing of the third part is. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The beam processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control apparatus makes a condensed position of the processing beam for performing the removal processing of the second part be away more along a propagating direction of the processing beam from the first surface than a condensed position of the processing beam for performing the removal processing of the first part is. ### Claim 13 A beam processing method that processes a workpiece by irradiating the workpiece with a processing beam through an irradiation optical system, the beam processing method comprising: removing a first part of the workpiece by irradiating a first surface of the workpiece with the processing beam while moving an irradiation position of the processing beam along a first direction; removing second part of the workpiece by irradiating a second surface of the workpiece, which is formed at the workpiece by the removing of the first part, with the processing beam while moving the irradiation position of the processing beam along the first direction within a moving range smaller than a moving range for removing the first part, after changing a positional relationship between the irradiation optical system and the workpiece, removing a third part of the workpiece, which is adjacent to a position where the first part has been removed along the first direction, by irradiating the first surface of the workpiece with the processing beam while moving the irradiation position of the processing beam along the first direction, and removing a fourth part of the workpiece, which is adjacent to a position where the second part has been removed along the first direction, by irradiating a third surface of the workpiece, which is formed at the workpiece by the removing of the third part, with the processing beam while moving the irradiation position of the processing beam along the first direction.