Coating method and coating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10207290-B2
Application number	US-201615132571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2016
Priority date	Jun 12, 2015
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a coating method for coating an adhesive solution on a substrate to form a film layer. The coating method comprises the following steps: S1, obtaining an initial value of a coating parameter corresponding to a target thickness of the film layer based on at least one functional relation between a thickness of the film layer formed within a predetermined period and at least one coating parameter; S2, starting to coat in accordance with the initial value of the coating parameter obtained in step S1, so that the thickness of the film layer obtained reaches an initial target thickness. Accordingly, the present invention further provides a coating device. According to the present invention, the value of the coating parameter can be determined quickly, thereby coating efficiency can be increased.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coating method for coating an adhesive solution on a substrate to form a film layer, characterized in that, said coating method comprises the following steps:
S1, obtaining an initial value of one or more coating parameters corresponding to a target thickness of the film layer based on at least one functional relation between a thickness of the film layer formed within a predetermined period and each of said one or more coating parameters;
S2, starting to coat in accordance with the initial value of said coating parameter obtained in step S1, so that the thickness of the film layer obtained reaches an initial target thickness,
said coating method further comprises the following steps:
dividing the substrate into multiple areas arranged in sequence before step S1;
and then performing said step S1 and said step S2 in a first area in the multiple areas,
said coating method further comprises the following steps in each of the multiple areas in sequence as arranged, starting from a second area in the multiple areas and proceeding until all of the multiple areas are coated:
S3, measuring an actual thickness of the film layer in a former area immediately sequentially before a current area;
S4, obtaining a reference value of each of said one or more coating parameters corresponding to said actual thickness based on each functional relation;
S5, performing a first correction to each of said one or more coating parameters according to a difference between the reference value and the initial value of each of said one or more coating parameters, thereby obtaining a first correction value of each of said one or more coating parameters;
S6, coating the adhesive solution on the current area in accordance with the first correction value of each of said one or more coating parameters obtained in S5, and setting the first correction value as the initial value of each of said one or more coating parameters in the next area,
each of the functional relations can form a function curve, and step S5 includes:
calculating the first correction value of each coating parameter based on formula (1) and formula (2):

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wherein, a i ′ represents the first correction value of No. i coating parameter;
a0 i represents the initial value of No. i coating parameter corresponding to the target thickness of the film layer;
a1 i represents the reference value of No. i coating parameter corresponding to the actual thickness;
k i represents the tangent slope at the point corresponding to the actual thickness on the function curve of the thickness of the film layer and No. i coating parameter;
k j represents the tangent slope at the point corresponding to the actual thickness on the function curve of the thickness of the film layer and No. j coating parameter;
N represents the number of the one or more coating parameters;
1≤i≤N, 1≤j≤N, and i and j are both integer.

2. The coating method according to claim 1 , characterized in that, there are multiple coating parameters, and each of them has a functional relation with the thickness of the film layer formed within a predetermined period.

3. The coating method according to claim 2 , characterized in that, a coating device for performing said coating method comprises an adhesive solution storage tank, a transfer roller and a coating roller, said adhesive solution storage tank is used for providing the adhesive solution to said transfer roller, said transfer roller is used for transferring the adhesive solution onto said coating roller, said coating roller is used for coating the adhesive solution on the substrate, said coating parameters include: at least one of rotating speed of the coating roller, dripping speed of the adhesive solution to said transfer roller, distance between the shaft of the coating roller and the substrate, concentration of the adhesive solution, temperature of the adhesive solution, ambient temperature, and ambient humidity.

4. The coating method according to claim 2 , characterized in that, said coating method further comprises the following steps before step S1:
for each of said coating parameters:
setting multiple test values of the coating parameter;
measuring multiple test thicknesses of the film layers formed by coating under multiple test values of the coating parameter within a predetermined period;
obtaining a functional relation between the thickness of said film layer and the coating parameter based on multiple test values of the coating parameter and corresponding multiple test thicknesse

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Tech

Inventors

• Jing Yangkun

Classifications

• H10P72/0448

  Apparatus for applying a liquid, a resin, an ink or the like · CPC title

• H01L21/6715

  Electricity · mapped topic

• B05C1/0895

  responsive to the thickness of the weight of material applied to the work · CPC title

• B05C1/025

  to flat rectangular articles, e.g. flat sheets (B05C1/027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05C1/00

  Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating (B05C5/02, B05C7/00 take precedence) · CPC title