This paper presents an on-the-fly method to synchronize a laser scanner and a linear stage for fast and wide area fabrication. Demands for high-precision laser processing with wide area have been increasing for a number of applications such as in solar cell batteries, display parts, electronic components, and the automobile industry. An ultra high-speed laser scanner system is limited by its size of scanning area, for example, its scanning area is only 50 × 50 mm2. Recently, a laser scanner system that could scan a wide area was developed; however, it was found that the scanning quality of this scanner decreased with an increase in the scanning area. The developed method is different from the existing step and scanning method in that it our method ensures continuous stage movement, which may improve the processing speed and in turn the laser fabrication quality.
We propose control techniques to extend the fabrication area that is the limit of traditional laser fabrication systems. The current world trend of PCB core technology development is focused on next generation semi-conductor package board and special high value-added PCB including a buildup board. Laser fabrication is necessary when the process microscopic line width and the line over the scanner area and it should be synchronized scanner-stage. This cannot be done with the current Step & Scanning method. To solve this problem synchronization of the stage and scanner was facilitated to continuously process a wide-area. The processing speed and laser fabrication quality were also improved.
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