Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an electrohydrodynamic jet printing apparatus and a method for controlling printing of the electrohydrodynamic jet printing apparatus. The electrohydrodynamic jet printing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a nozzle that ejects supplied ink as a droplet towards a substrate; an electrode that is formed on the nozzle to form an electric field between the nozzle and the substrate by an applied voltage; a voltage supplier that applies the voltage to the electrode; and a controller that controls the voltage supplier, the controller controlling in real time the voltage being applied from the voltage supplier to the electrode such that a size of the droplet being ejected from the nozzle is constant.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an induced electrohydrodynamic jet printing apparatus including an induced auxiliary electrode, and the induced electrohydrodynamic jet printing apparatus including an induced auxiliary electrode according to the present disclosure includes a nozzle for discharging supplied solution towards an opposite substrate through a nozzle hole formed at one end; a main electrode coated with an insulator and interpolated inside the nozzle, thus not contacting the solution inside the nozzle but separated from the solution; the induced auxiliary electrode made of a conductive material and formed at an outer surface of the nozzle; and a voltage supply for applying voltage to the main electrode.
Abstract:
Provided herein is a contact patterning apparatus comprising: a substrate; a fluid supply unit configured to supply fluid towards the substrate; a voltage applying unit electrically connected to the fluid supply unit, and configured to make the fluid from the fluid supply unit connected between the substrate and the fluid supply unit by applying a voltage to a surface of the fluid; and a control unit configured to adjust a level of the voltage being applied to the fluid such that the fluid is patterned on the substrate in a dots form or a continuous line form, thereby stably patterning a continuous line of a fine line width regardless of the viscosity of the fluid being used and the patterning velocity.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an apparatus for spraying and patterning, using an electrostatic force, includes a nozzle to which a voltage is applied to exhaust ink, a droplet circulation chamber provided in one end of the nozzle, with a hole provided in one end to spray the ink exhausted from the nozzle based on a particle size of the droplet and to temporarily collect the not-sprayed ink, and a substrate for impacting the ink sprayed from the hole thereon by forming an electric field between the nozzle and the substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a printing apparatus for a 3D surface, which performs printing by ejecting a droplet onto a 3D surface and controlling an electric field on an impact path of the droplet, the printing apparatus including: a ejecting environment information provider configured to provide ejecting environment information between a nozzle and an impact point; and a controller configured to predict a result of printing on an actual substrate by accumulating previous printing results according to printing conditions and the ejecting environment information into a database, and perform the printing on the 3D surface while changing the printing conditions provided by the database based on the ejecting environment information provided by the ejecting environment information provider.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a printing apparatus with a plurality of nozzle heads and method for aligning a plurality of nozzle tips. The printing apparatus with a plurality of nozzle heads according to the present disclosure includes a first nozzle head having a first nozzle tip for discharging ink and a first moving part for moving the first nozzle tip, and disposed at one side of a working area on a substrate; a second nozzle head having a second nozzle tip for discharging ink and a second moving part for moving the second nozzle tip, and disposed at the other side of the working area on the substrate; and a first camera disposed above the substrate to observe the first nozzle tip and the second nozzle tip at the same time.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method for aligning a plurality of nozzle tips, the method comprising: a first nozzle aligning step of setting a reference position of a first nozzle tip for discharging ink within a working area through an image of a first camera observing the working area above a substrate and a second camera observing the working area in an inclined direction; a second nozzle aligning step of setting a reference position of a second nozzle tip for discharging ink within the working area through the image of the first camera and the second camera; a step of detecting a position of a substrate based on the image of the second camera; and a printing preparation step of positioning the first nozzle tip and the second nozzle tip to a printing position on the substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a printing apparatus for a 3D surface, which performs printing by ejecting a droplet onto a 3D surface and controlling an electric field on an impact path of the droplet, the printing apparatus including: a ejecting environment information provider configured to provide ejecting environment information between a nozzle and an impact point; and a controller configured to predict a result of printing on an actual substrate by accumulating previous printing results according to printing conditions and the ejecting environment information into a database, and perform the printing on the 3D surface while changing the printing conditions provided by the database based on the ejecting environment information provided by the ejecting environment information provider.
Abstract:
The invention provides a printer comprising an exchange station by which a printer module of a multifunction 3D printer can be attached and detached. The printer module is electromagnetically or mechanically attached to the exchange station to perform a printing operation. The multifunction 3D printer supports the printer module steadily and stably.
Abstract:
Disclosed are an underfill method and apparatus for a semiconductor package, the underfill method includes loading a substrate; charging a filler to be filled in between the substrate and a device; applying the filler to the substrate; and subjecting the applied filler to an electric field.