Abstract:
A method of forming a thin film includes: forming a thin film on a substrate by discharging liquid material as a droplet; discharging the liquid material to a liquid material disposing-region that is wider than a thin film forming region; and drying the liquid material thereby to dispose a raising portion at the edge of the thin film in the outside of the thin film forming region.
Abstract:
A droplet discharge device includes: a discharge unit discharging a droplet; an information obtaining unit obtaining workload information of the discharge unit while a predetermined pattern is formed on a discharged object; a temperature calculation unit calculating a prediction temperature of the discharge unit while the pattern is formed based on the workload information obtained by the information obtaining unit; and a temperature control unit controlling a temperature of the discharge unit at the prediction temperature calculated by the temperature calculation unit. In the device, the discharge unit and the discharged object of the droplet are relatively moved so as to form the predetermined pattern on the discharged object.
Abstract:
A deposit forming method including ejecting droplets of a deposit forming material onto a substrate, thereby forming a deposit by the droplets on the substrate, is provided. The droplets are ejected along a direction inclined at a predetermined angle in a predetermined direction with respect to a normal line of the substrate and at a predetermined pitch in the predetermined direction. The predetermined angle is set in correspondence with the diameter of each of the droplets and the predetermined pitch in such a manner that the dimension of a dot formed by each droplet on the substrate in the predetermined direction becomes greater than or equal to the predetermined pitch.
Abstract:
A microwave distributed-constant filter of a band-pass characteristic having at least one attenuation pole comprises resonator rods, each of which has an open and a shorted end and of which two first are inductively coupled in series through at least one second resonator rod. The first resonator rods are capacitively coupled direct to each other with a projection attached adjacent on at least one of the first resonator rods to the open end thereof. The first resonator rods may be coupled directly to input and output terminals of the filter. Alternatively, two third resonator rods may be interposed between the respective ones of the first resonator rods and the input and the output terminals. The third resonator rods may be inductively coupled direct to each other. As a further alternative, two fourth resonator rods may be interposed between the respective ones of the third resonator rods and the input and the output terminals with the third resonator rods inductively coupled direct to each other or with the third resonator rods capacitively coupled direct to each other by a projection attached adjacent on at least one of the third resonator rods to the open end thereof. The filter may be of the various coaxial types including the interdigital type.
Abstract:
A temperature adjustment unit is provided to a chamber for accommodating a stage, a discharge head, and a maintenance device. The temperature adjustment unit adjusts the temperature of the maintenance area at least while the transport device has the discharge head positioned in the maintenance area to be equal to or greater than the temperature of the drawing area while the transport device has the discharge head positioned in the drawing area.
Abstract:
In a circulator comprising at least three ports, a pair of opposing conductors providing the ports, and a ferrimagnetic piece between the conductors, a gap appearing between the ferrimagnetic piece and the conductor or conductors is taken up by a spring member located in the gap. The conductors serve as an opposing pair of conductors of a waveguide of the circulator. Alternatively, the conductors serve as ground plates of a stripline with a center conductor disposed between the ground plates and with a pair of ferrimagnetic pieces disposed on both sides of the center conductor between the ground plates. In the latter case, a pair of spring members is preferably located between the ferrimagnetic pieces and the respective ground plates. Preferably, the spring member is made of phosphor bronze and comprises a plate in contact with the ferrimagnetic piece and legs extended from the plate towards the respective ports and brought into contact with the adjacent one of the opposing conductors.
Abstract:
A method is for controlling a droplet discharge device including at least a droplet discharge head having a plurality of nozzles for discharging droplets of a functional liquid, a plurality of drive elements provided corresponding to each of the nozzles, and a vibrating plate which is vibrated by the drive elements to discharge the functional liquid from the nozzles; and a flushing unit in which the vibrating plate undergoes microvibration when the droplet discharge head is in a standby period. The method for controlling a droplet discharge device includes selecting one of a plurality of predetermined microvibration control programs for causing the vibrating plate to undergo microvibration in accordance with information relating to the functional liquid, and controlling the drive elements to cause the vibrating plate to undergo microvibration when the droplet discharge head is in the standby period in accordance with the selected microvibration control program.
Abstract:
A droplet discharge device includes: a discharge unit discharging a droplet and being moved relatively to a discharged object, on which the droplet is discharged, so as to form a predetermined pattern on the discharged object; a discharge amount measurement unit measuring a discharge amount of the droplet discharged from the discharge unit; a temperature acquisition unit acquiring a temperature of the droplet in the formation of the predetermined pattern; a temperature adjustment unit adjusting the temperature of the discharge unit; and a discharge amount adjustment unit adjusting the discharge amount of the discharge unit. In the device, the temperature adjustment unit adjusts a temperature of the droplet in the measurement of the discharge amount by the discharge amount measurement unit to the temperature in the formation of the predetermined pattern.
Abstract:
A method of forming a thin film includes: forming a thin film on a substrate by discharging liquid material as a droplet; discharging the liquid material to a liquid material disposing-region that is wider than a thin film forming region; and drying the liquid material thereby to dispose a raising portion at the edge of the thin film in the outside of the thin film forming region.
Abstract:
A plurality of element substrates are defined on a glass wafer. A seal portion containing a spacer is defined on a peripheral portion of each of the element substrates. A width measurement portion measures the width of each of the seal portions. A liquid ejecting portion ejects a droplet of liquid crystal onto a liquid crystal seal section encompassed by each seal portion by the amount corresponding to the width. This provides uniform distances between the element substrates and the associated color filter substrates.