Stamp device for printing a pattern on a surface of a substrate
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichel Bruno, Heinz Schmid, Emmanuel Delamarche, Alexander Bietsch
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Abstract
A stamp device for printing a pattern on a surface of a substrate having a two-sided rigid carrier layer providing on its first side a patterned layer made of a first material and being combined on its second side with a soft layer made of a softer material than that of the first material.
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Stamp device for printing a pattern on a surface of a substrate, said device having a two-sided rigid carrier layer providing on a first side thereof a patterned layer made of a first material and being combined on a second side opposite said first side with a soft layer made of a softer material than said first material, said patterned layer being stretched to selectively compensate for thermal, chemical, and mechanically induced deformation of said patterned layer to result in accurate prints;
- said carrier layer describes an x-y-plane in which said carrier layer is rigid and said carrier layer is flexible in a direction perpendicular to said x-y-plane;
- said patterned layer providing at least one force transducer zone arranged proximate the margin of said patterned layer for monitoring a force induced load acting between said stamp and said substrate.
Stamp device for printing a pattern on a surface of substrate, said device having two-sided rigid carrier layer providing on a first side thereof a patterned layer made of a first material and being combined on a second side opposite said first side with a soft layer made of a softer material than said first material, said patterned layer being stretched to selectively compensate for thermal, chemical and mechanically induced deformation of said patterned layer to result in accurate prints;
- said carrier layer describes an x-y-plane in which said carrier layer is rigid and said carrier layer is flexible in a direction perpendicular to said x-y-plane, wherein said patterned layer includes patterned structures for contacting said surface of said substrate and the first material of said patterned layer is at least partially omitted so as to form at least one recess and wherein at least one passage channel breaks through said carrier layer into said at least one recess for creating a fluidic or gas network between said surface of said substrate and said stamp device.
Stamp device for printing a pattern on a surface of a substrate, said device having a two-sided rigid carrier layer providing on a first side thereof a patterned layer made of a first material and being combined on a second side opposite said first side with a soft layer made of a softer material than said first material, said patterned layer being stretched to selectively compensate for thermal, chemical and mechanically induced deformation of said patterned layer to result in accurate prints;
- said carrier layer describes an x-y-plane in which said carrier layer is rigid and said carrier layer is flexible in a direction perpendicular to said x-y-plane, wherein said stamp device forms said patterned layer, and the surface of said patterned layer comprises self-aligning means providing for an accurate relative positioning relative to the substrate during printing of said pattern.
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