Abstract:
An exemplary clamping apparatus includes a supporting body, a plurality of clamping units installed on the supporting body, a PWM controller, and a detection unit. Each clamping unit includes a magnet, a clamping pin, an electrical coil, and a coil core mechanically engaged with the clamping pin. The magnet is configured for holding the clamping pin at a target position. The PWM controller is configured for supplying a pulse signal to the respective electrical coil of each clamping unit and for thereby creating a magnetic force causing a corresponding coil core and a corresponding clamping pin to, synchronously, move. The detection unit is configured for detecting a back electromotive force representative of the arrival to the target position of a clamping pin and signaling the PWM controller to stop supplying the pulse signal. A clamping process utilizing the clamping apparatus is also provided.
Abstract:
An ink includes a solvent, a colorant, an initiator or dispersant, and a mixture of polymerizable high-viscosity component and polymerizable low-viscosity component polymerizable low-viscosity component.
Abstract:
A color filter includes a substrate, a black matrix formed on the substrate, and a plurality of color stripes. The black matrix defines a plurality of accommodating rooms therein, and the black matrix includes carbon black in a proportion by weight of less than or equal to 55%, polymer in a proportion by weight from 15% to 95%, and additives in a proportion by weight of less than or equal to 25%. The polymer includes at least one of a fluoro compound or a siloxane compound. The plurality of color stripes are formed by an ink-jet process in the accommodating rooms. A method for manufacturing a color filter is also provided.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a patterned thin-film layer includes the steps of: providing a substrate with a plurality of banks thereon, the plurality of banks defining a plurality of spaces therein for receiving ink therein, each of the banks having a top surface; providing a UV light source for emitting UV light toward the substrate; disposing a photo mask between the UV light source and the substrate; applying UV light on the substrate through the photo mask so as to reduce surface wettability of the ink on the top surfaces of the substrate, wherein the UV light is applied in a manner that the top surfaces of the banks are blocked by the photo mask and thus free of radiation from the UV light emitted from the UV light source; applying the ink into the spaces; and curing the ink so as to form a patterned thin-film layer on the substrate.
Abstract:
A droplets detecting system (100) includes a laser diode assembly (20), a photo diode (30), a light source (40), a charge coupled device camera (50), a signal processing and displaying device (32), and an image processing and displaying device (52). The laser diode assembly is configured for emitting a laser light (26) to pass through a droplet (204). The photo diode is configured for receiving the laser light passing through the droplet and for generating an electronic signal. The light source is configured for emitting an illuminating light (42) to illuminate the droplet. The charge coupled device camera is configured for receiving the illuminating light and photographing the illuminated droplet. The signal processing and displaying device is connected with the photo diode and is configured for displaying the electronic signal generated by the photo diode. The image processing and displaying device is connected with the charge coupled device camera.
Abstract:
An ink jet device includes a print head, an ink tank containing ink therein, a first motor, a second motor, and a control unit. The ink tank is connected with the print head and configured for supplying ink to the print head. The ink contained in the ink tank exerting a static hydraulic pressure onto the print head. The first motor is configured for driving the print head to move in a direction selected from the group consisting of a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, and a combination thereof. The second motor is configured for substantially simultaneously driving the ink tank to move in response to vertical movement of the print head so as to maintain the static hydraulic pressure that the ink exerts on the print head.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a patterned thin-film layer includes the steps of: providing a substrate with a plurality of banks thereon, the plurality of banks defining a plurality of spaces; providing an ink-jet device comprising a plurality of nozzles for depositing ink therefrom; generating a jetting information about ink volume that each of the nozzles deposits into the respective spaces by a random method, the jetting information meeting ink volume deposited into each of the spaces is in a range from about 92.5% to about 107.5% of an average volume of ink in the spaces; making the nozzles to deposit ink into the respective spaces according to the jetting information; and solidifying the ink so as to form a plurality of patterned thin-film layers formed in the spaces.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a patterned layer (106) on a substrate (100) includes the following steps: providing a substrate having a plurality of banks (102) formed thereon, the substrate and the banks cooperatively defining a plurality of accommodating spaces (104), wherein each of the accommodating spaces has a first edge (110) and a second edge (112) parallel to the first edge, a distance between the first edge and the second edge is b; the first nozzle (302) moving along a first path (306), and the first path is parallel to the first edge, a distance between the first path and the first edge is a; the first nozzle jetting ink into the accommodating space; the second nozzle (304) moving along a second path (310), a distance between the first path and the second path is c, and the distance c satisfies one of the two equations: 0
Abstract:
A droplets detecting system (100) includes a laser diode assembly (20), a photo diode (30), a light source (40), a charge coupled device camera (50), a signal processing and displaying device (32), and an image processing and displaying device (52). The laser diode assembly is configured for emitting a laser light (26) to pass through a droplet (204). The photo diode is configured for receiving the laser light passing through the droplet and for generating an electronic signal. The light source is configured for emitting an illuminating light (42) to illuminate the droplet. The charge coupled device camera is configured for receiving the illuminating light and photographing the illuminated droplet. The signal processing and displaying device is connected with the photo diode and is configured for displaying the electronic signal generated by the photo diode. The image processing and displaying device is connected with the charge coupled device camera.
Abstract:
An inspecting system (100) includes a stage (10), a white light source (20), a CCD camera (40), a laser diode assembly (60), at least one beam splitter (36, 34), a photo diode (50), and an oscilloscope (52). The white light source emits a white light (22) to illuminate a color filter (200). The CCD camera photographs the color filter and is linked with an image processing and displaying device (42). The laser diode assembly emits a laser light (62). The at least one beam splitter is arranged in a path of the laser light and transmits the laser light to the color filter. The photo diode receives the laser light reflected by the color filter and generates an electronic signal. The oscilloscope is connected with the photo diode and displays the electronic signal. The inspecting system facilitates the convenient and accurate inspection/evaluation of color filters.