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公开(公告)号:US09615448B2
公开(公告)日:2017-04-04
申请号:US14211396
申请日:2014-03-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Casey J. Feinstein , John Z. Zhong , Steve Porter Hotelling , Shih Chang Chang
CPC classification number: H05K1/0274 , B24B7/241 , B24B7/242 , C03C15/00 , C03C19/00 , Y10T428/24926 , Y10T428/266
Abstract: Fabrication of thin sheets of glass or other substrate material for use in devices such as touch sensor panels is disclosed. A pair of thick glass sheets, typically with thicknesses of 0.5 mm or greater each, may each be patterned with thin film on a surface, sealed together to form a sandwich with the patterned surfaces facing each other and spaced apart by removable spacers, either or both thinned on their outside surfaces to thicknesses of less than 0.5 mm each, and separated into two thin glass sheets. A single thick glass sheet, typically with a thickness of 0.5 mm or greater, may be patterned, covered with a protective layer over the pattern, thinned on its outside surface to a thickness of less than 0.5 mm, and the protective layer removed. This thinness of less than 0.5 mm may be accomplished using standard LCD equipment, despite the equipment having a sheet minimum thickness requirement of 0.5 mm.
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公开(公告)号:US20140196933A1
公开(公告)日:2014-07-17
申请号:US14211396
申请日:2014-03-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Casey J. Feinstein , John Z. Zhong , Steve Porter Hotelling , Shih Chang Chang
CPC classification number: H05K1/0274 , B24B7/241 , B24B7/242 , C03C15/00 , C03C19/00 , Y10T428/24926 , Y10T428/266
Abstract: Fabrication of thin sheets of glass or other substrate material for use in devices such as touch sensor panels is disclosed. A pair of thick glass sheets, typically with thicknesses of 0.5 mm or greater each, may each be patterned with thin film on a surface, sealed together to form a sandwich with the patterned surfaces facing each other and spaced apart by removable spacers, either or both thinned on their outside surfaces to thicknesses of less than 0.5 mm each, and separated into two thin glass sheets. A single thick glass sheet, typically with a thickness of 0.5 mm or greater, may be patterned, covered with a protective layer over the pattern, thinned on its outside surface to a thickness of less than 0.5 mm, and the protective layer removed. This thinness of less than 0.5 mm may be accomplished using standard LCD equipment, despite the equipment having a sheet minimum thickness requirement of 0.5 mm.
Abstract translation: 公开了用于诸如触摸传感器面板的装置中的薄片玻璃或其它基底材料的制造。 通常厚度为0.5mm或更大的一对厚玻璃板每个都可以在表面上用薄膜图案化,密封在一起以形成三明治,其中图案化表面彼此面对并且通过可移除的间隔物间隔开,或者或 两者都在其外表面上变薄,每个厚度小于0.5mm,并分成两个薄玻璃板。 典型地具有0.5mm或更大厚度的单个厚玻璃板可以被图案化,覆盖在图案上方的保护层,在其外表面上变薄至小于0.5mm的厚度,并且去除了保护层。 使用标准LCD设备可以实现小于0.5mm的这种薄度,尽管设备的薄片最小厚度要求为0.5mm。
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