IP Library Granted Patent US 7,482,052
Granted Patent B2
US 7,482,052 · App. 11/174,471 · Granted Jan 27, 2009

Method for processing by laser, apparatus for processing by laser, and three-dimensional structure

Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd.; Riken
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Patent No.
US 7,482,052
App. No.
11/174,471
Granted
Jan 27, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laser processing method where laser beam for processing is irradiated on a processing object and the laser beam for processing directly removes a part of the processing object. The processing object is made of a glass substrate, metal thin film having high absorption to laser beam for processing is formed on a surface of glass substrate, into which laser beam for processing is made incident, the laser beam for processing is irradiated from a surface of metal thin film, and matter is directly removed by irradiation of laser beam onto the processing object in order to form a region finer than an irradiation region of laser beam for processing on the processing object.

Claims (29)

1. A three-dimensional structure, comprising:

a substrate which is to be processed by a laser beam; and

a metal thin film which is formed on a surface of the substrate, the laser beam being made incident onto the surface;

wherein

the metal thin film includes a film-removing region;

the substrate includes a substrate-removing region;

the metal thin film has high absorption to the laser beam;

the film-removing region and the substrate-removing region are formed by irradiating the laser beam onto the metal thin film;

the substrate-removing region is finer than the film-removing region; and

a region to be processed of the film-removing region and the substrate-removing region has a width of a few hundred nanometers to a few tens of micrometers and a depth of a few nanometers to a few micrometers.

2. The three-dimensional structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the film-removing region is configured to be removed.

3. The three-dimensional structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a metal film is formed after the metal thin film has been removed.

4. The three-dimensional structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a film thickness of the metal thin film is at least a light permeability length of the laser beam.

5. The three-dimensional structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a width of a region irradiated by the laser beam is substantially equal to a width of the film-removing region.

6. The three-dimensional structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a width of the substrate-removing region is smaller than a width of a region irradiated by the laser beam.

7. The three-dimensional structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the substrate-removing region has a width of 2 μm and a depth of 20 nm.

8. A three-dimensional structure, comprising:

a substrate which is to be processed by a laser beam; and

a platinum layer which is formed on a surface of the substrate, the laser beam being made incident onto the surface;

wherein

the platinum layer includes a layer-removing region;

the substrate includes a substrate-removing region;

the platinum layer has high absorption to the laser beam;

the layer-removing region and the substrate-removing region are formed by irradiating the laser beam onto the platinum layer;

the substrate-removing region of the substrate has a first region and a second region;

the first region is positioned between the layer-removing region of the platinum layer and the second region;

the first region has a same width as the layer-removing region of the platinum layer; and

the second region has a finer width than the first region.

9. The three-dimensional structure as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the layer-removing region is configured to be removed.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2013
From: RIKEN
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 031565/0503 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 11, 2011
From: IMPLICITCARE, LLC
To: GAGLIANO, TED
Reel/Frame 027039/0763 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-044640 · Feb 21, 2002 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 1036972300 · Feb 21, 2003
Related Publication 20050244622A1 · Nov 3, 2005