Laser Pattern Generator For Printed Circuit Board Artwork Generation

Joseph P. Donahue

doi:10.1117/12.958082

12 February 1980 Laser Pattern Generator For Printed Circuit Board Artwork Generation

Joseph P. Donahue

Proceedings Volume 0200, Laser Recording and Information Handling; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958082
Event: 23rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1979, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Current technology has established laser scanning systems capable of writing high resolution, large-format images. Recent developments have extended this capability to computer-synthesized images. A system known as a Laser Pattern Generator (LPG) has been manufactured using this technology to precisely image printed circuit board (PCB) masters. Exposure time for an image area of eighteen by twenty-four inches is reduced to two minutes from about five hours for the present vectorized plotter method.

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Joseph P. Donahue "Laser Pattern Generator For Printed Circuit Board Artwork Generation", Proc. SPIE 0200, Laser Recording and Information Handling, (12 February 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.958082

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