公开(公告)号：US5407519A

公开(公告)日：1995-04-18

申请号：US88847

申请日：1993-07-07

申请人： Benjamin Joffe ,  Werner J. Schrall ,  Lawrence A. Simon ,  Tom A. Kerekes ,  Todd Johnson

发明人： Benjamin Joffe ,  Werner J. Schrall ,  Lawrence A. Simon ,  Tom A. Kerekes ,  Todd Johnson

IPC分类号： B29C43/56 ,  C03C27/12 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  B32B31/00

CPC分类号： B29C43/56 ,  B32B37/10 ,  B32B38/1841 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  B29C2043/561 ,  B29C43/32 ,  B32B2038/1891 ,  G02F2001/133354 ,  Y10T156/1744

摘要： An apparatus and method for fabricating a flat panel display having a display area greater than 645 square centimeters. The flat panel display is comprised of an upper glass plate and a lower glass plate and has data generation material interposed between the upper glass plate and the lower glass plate. The flat panel display is formed by aligning the suitably etched upper glass plate with respect to the suitably etched lower glass plate in the X, Y, and Z planes. During formation, the upper glass plate has spacing devices disposed on the lower side thereof and the lower glass plate has bonding material deposited on the upper side thereof. The apparatus includes a lower plate XY stage device for supporting the lower glass plate, the lower plate XY stage device being adjustable in the X and Y planes. An upper plate positioning stage device is included for supporting the upper glass plate. The upper plate positioning stage device has gimbal devices that permit motion of the upper glass plate in the X, Y and Z planes and in pitch and yaw. A Z-axis drive device positions the upper plate with respect to the lower glass plate. A vacuum device draws a vacuum around and between the upper and lower glass plates, which vacuum urges the lower surface of the upper glass plate into parallel aligmnent with the upper surface of the lower glass plate, spaced apart by the spacing devices. An alignment device aligns the upper and lower glass plates while a curing device the sets of the bonding material, bonding the upper and lower glass plates together.

摘要翻译： 一种用于制造显示面积大于645平方厘米的平板显示器的装置和方法。 平板显示器包括上玻璃板和下玻璃板，并且在上玻璃板和下玻璃板之间插入有数据生成材料。 平板显示器通过在X，Y和Z平面中相对于适当蚀刻的下玻璃板对准适当蚀刻的上玻璃板而形成。 在形成期间，上玻璃板具有设置在其下侧的间隔装置，下玻璃板具有沉积在其上侧的接合材料。 该装置包括用于支撑下玻璃板的下板XY台装置，下板XY台装置可在X​​和Y平面中调节。 包括用于支撑上玻璃板的上板定位台装置。 上板定位台装置具有允许上玻璃板在X，Y和Z平面中以俯仰和偏转运动的万向节装置。 Z轴驱动装置将上板相对于下玻璃板定位。 真空装置在上玻璃板和下玻璃板之间以及上下玻璃板之间吸引真空，真空将上玻璃板的下表面与下玻璃板的上表面平行地分开，间隔装置隔开。 对准装置对准上玻璃板和下玻璃板，同时固化装置将粘合材料的组合将上玻璃板和下玻璃板粘合在一起。