Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid discharge device and a discharge inspection method using the same, capable of accurately detecting a physical quantity of an impact dot, even when using a transparent liquid (ink), without complicating an inspection system.SOLUTION: The discharge inspection method comprises a liquid discharge nozzle for discharging the liquid to a recording medium, and execute a discharge inspection of the liquid discharge nozzle based on a result of visually confirming or recognizing the reflected light or the transmitted light of the light from the recording medium, by irradiating the light to a pattern formed by the liquid discharged to the recording medium. In the discharge inspection method, the recording medium includes a light transmissive ink absorbing layer having dispersively a large number of void cells of a particle diameter smaller than the wave length of the light in a bond, and adjusts a discharge amount of the liquid so that a boundary surface between an area of sufficiently filling the liquid in the void cells and a substantially unfilled area, exists in the thickness direction of the ink absorbing layer and the horizontal direction of a plan view.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To uniform a discharge amount while using a liquid droplet discharge head of a simple configuration. SOLUTION: In the driving method of the liquid droplet discharge head, the liquid droplet discharge head is provided with a plurality of discharge units discharging a liquid body. In a sequence in which discharge amounts obtained by driving the plurality of discharge units by predetermined driving signals are arranged in order of their magnitude, each of a plurality of groups is constituted of discharge units corresponding to continued elements, the plurality of discharge units are divided into a plurality of groups G1 to G4 by using weighted averages based on discharge amounts of the plurality of discharge units, a plurality of driving signals adjusted for each group of the plurality of groups G1 to G4 are selected and supplied to the plurality of discharge units so that statistics of discharge amounts obtained by performing driving by the predetermined driving signals in each of the plurality of group G1 to G4 are brought close to a setting value of the discharge amount. Thus the discharge units are driven. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming a thin film by which the amount of a liquid material ejected from an ejection unit is efficiently measured with high accuracy to obtain the excellent thin film. SOLUTION: The method for forming the thin film by using a liquid droplet ejection head provided with a plurality of ejection units for ejecting the liquid material containing a thin film-formable material and a solvent includes: an inspection step of driving two or more of the plurality of ejection units by using a predetermined drive signal to eject the liquid material and inspecting the amount of the liquid material ejected from each ejection unit; an adjustment step of adjusting the predetermined drive signal on the basis of the inspection results; and a thin film formation step of driving the plurality of ejection units by using the adjusted drive signal to arrange the liquid material and solidifying the arranged liquid material to form the thin film. The inspection step includes the arrangement processing of arranging the liquid material 320 in an inspection area A1 of an inspection substrate 300 and arranging a dummy liquid material 310a, 310b containing the same solvent as that of the liquid material 320 in dummy inspection areas A2, A3 surrounding the inspection area A1 and the measurement processing of measuring the volume of the liquid material 320 arranged by the arrangement processing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid drop discharge head and a liquid drop discharge device which suppress the heat radiation from a nozzle plate, control highly precisely a temperature control and always discharge a fixed amount of discharge. SOLUTION: A nozzle plate 41 forming a nozzle N discharging liquid drops Fb is attached in the lower side of a discharge head 40. A sheet heater H is directly fixed to a nozzle forming surface 41a of the nozzle plate 41. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pattern forming method and a droplet discharging device capable of avoiding positional deviation of a discharged droplet and thermal damage of a substrate and improving film thickness uniformity of a pattern made from droplets, and to provide a liquid crystal display device having liquid crystal discharged by the droplet discharging device. SOLUTION: An infrared ray heater 41 is formed so as to be extended from a region of a discharging head 40 to the opposite side of a sub scanning direction (Y-arrow direction) seeing from a main scanning direction (anti X-arrow direction) and is disposed in the main scanning direction of the discharging head 40 when viewed from the sub scanning direction. Accordingly, when the discharging head 40 forms a second scanning region SA2, the boundary region JA between the second scanning region SA2 and a first liquid film LF1 which is precedingly formed adjacently to the second scanning region SA2 is locally heated before the discharging head 40 is heated. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid drop discharging method for a liquid drop discharging device improved in the uniformity of the volume of a liquid discharged to respective discharge areas by compensating the temperature variation generated by heat radiation caused by discharge of the liquid, and to provide a liquid drop discharging device. SOLUTION: A substrate heater H is installed which heats up a mother counter board 15 facing to the respective discharge areas S of the mother counter board 15. The substrate heater H is provided with an X-axis heater HX facing the discharge area S of each line and a Y-axis heater HY facing the discharge area S of each row. The Y-axis heater is set up at such a temperature as to compensate the temperature drop of a discharge head 31 due to the discharge of liquid crystal. The X-axis heater XH is set up at a higher control temperature in the vicinity of the outer peripheral edge than in the vicinity of a center position so as to compensate the heat variation of the discharge head 31 due to heat exchange with the mother counter board 15. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of an electro-optical apparatus capable of controlling the quantity of an ejected liquid appropriately, a droplet ejection apparatus and a method of inspecting the ejection quantity. SOLUTION: A liquid ejection apparatus 20 has an ejection head 32 and ejects fine droplets toward a mother substrate 25 from the head 32. A weighing pan 47 for inspection of the ejection quantity is arranged on the substrate 25, and a carrying robot 41 moving the weighing pan 47 from the substrate 25 and a weighing instrument 42 for measurement of the weight of the liquid discharged from the head 32 to the weighing pan 47 are provided. Based on the weight of the liquid in the weighing pan 47, the weight of droplets ejected from the head 32 is calculated. When the calculated weight of fine droplets is out of a predetermined weight range, the ejection quantity of the head 32 is controlled according to the error of the weight of droplets. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid drop discharging method and a liquid drop discharging device capable of producing a uniform gap between a pair of substrates. SOLUTION: The line width W of a sealing part S formed of a sealing agent containing a spacer applied on the peripheral edge of a plurality of element substrates 11 formed in a glass wafer Wf is measured by a line width measuring unit of a liquid drop discharging device. Then liquid drops 53 in an amount according to the line width W are discharged onto a liquid crystal sealing part 25 surrounded by the sealing part S by a liquid discharging unit of the liquid drop discharging device. That is, liquid drops 53a in a larger discharge amount are discharged to a liquid crystal sealing part 25 surrounded by a sealing part Sa having a smaller line width W than a predetermined line width (called as a standard width thereinafter); liquid drops 53b in a preliminarily determined amount are discharged to a liquid crystal sealing part 25 surrounded by a sealing part Sb having a line width W of the standard width; and liquid drops 53c in a smaller amount are discharged to a liquid crystal sealing part 25 surrounded with a sealing part Sc having a larger line width than the standard line width. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inspection method capable of precisely detecting an amount, a location and the like of liquid droplets injected by an inkjet method.SOLUTION: An inspection method includes: an inspection media preparation step for preparing inspection media having a substrate and an ink-receiving layer that swells and bulges in the thickness direction when absorbing ink; an ink supplying step for supplying ink to the ink-receiving layer of the inspection media from a liquid droplets injection device by an inkjet method; and an observation step for observing the inspection media. The inspection media has the substrate and the ink-receiving layer that swells and bulges in the thickness direction when absorbing ink. The ink-receiving layer preferably absorbs the ink of 0.2 g/g or more, and the substrate preferably absorbs the ink of 0.1 g/g or less.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording medium which can accurately inspect the dot shape of a droplet applied to the recording medium.SOLUTION: A recording medium includes a permeation layer which allows a functional fluid to permeate into it, and a reflective layer formed on one face of the permeation layer and reflecting light.