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Multibeam laser drilling apparatus

US6849824B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 2003
Grant dateFeb 1, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K2103/50
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a multi-beam laser drilling apparatus for drilling a workpiece, simultaneously at two positions while telecentric errors are suppressed, in which a conventional optical system in which galvanometer mirrors are used for a first laser beam, and a galvanometer-mirror system is located close to an fθ lens in order to prevent occurrence of telecentric error. A second laser beam which has been deflected by a second galvanometer-mirror system, transmits through a polarized beam mixers and is incident upon the first galvanometer-mirror system and the fθ lens, and accordingly, the workpiece is drilled simultaneously at two positions with the use of both first and second laser beams.

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