Alignment film coating machine and a coating method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10821467-B2
Application number	US-201715748453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2017
Priority date	Nov 15, 2017
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

An alignment film coating machine and a coating method are provided. The alignment film coating machine includes an equipment for carrying a substrate, a spray head for spraying PI droplets, and an air knife disposed on the equipment and located on one side of the spray head. The air knife is used for moving along the equipment and blowing uniform impact air curtain to the PI droplets after the spray head sprays the PI droplets on the substrate. By adding the air knife into the alignment film coating machine, the diffusion ability of the PI droplets is improved due to the uniform impact air curtain blown by the air knife. The resistance in diffusion is overcome. The PI droplets enter the via hole. Mura, which is induced by a relatively thicker PI film around the via hole as a result of the accumulation of the PI droplets, is prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An alignment film coating machine, comprising:
an equipment for carrying a substrate with a via hole;
a spray head for spraying polyimide (PI) droplets on the substrate; and
an air knife disposed on the equipment and located on a side of the spray head, wherein the air knife is used for moving along the equipment and blowing a uniform impact air curtain to the PI droplets after the spray head sprays the PI droplets on the substrate to make the PI droplets be diffused to enter the via hole and form an alignment film on the substrate;
wherein a first angle is formed between the air knife and a horizontal plane of the equipment, and wherein the first angle is in a range from 20° to 40°;
wherein a second angle is formed between a projection of the air knife on the equipment and a long side or a short side of the equipment, and wherein the second angle is 45°.

2. The alignment film coating machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the air knife comprises a first air knife and a second air knife, symmetrically disposed on the equipment and located on the side of the spray head.

3. The alignment film coating machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spray head is disposed to be parallel to a short side of the equipment.

4. A coating method of an alignment film, comprising:
setting an air knife on an equipment, wherein the air knife is located on a side of a spray head;
using the spray head to spray polyimide (PI) droplets on a substrate with a via hole carried on the equipment; and
controlling the air knife to move along the equipment and blow a uniform impact air curtain to the PI droplets such that the PI droplets are diffused to enter the via hole of the substrate and form the alignment film on the substrate;
wherein the setting of the air knife on the equipment comprises:
forming a first angle between the air knife and a horizontal plane of the equipment, wherein the first angle is in a range from 20° to 40°;
forming a second angle between a projection of the air knife on the equipment and a long side or a short side of the equipment, wherein the second angle is 45°.

5. The coating method of an alignment film as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the air knife comprises a first air knife and a second air knife, symmetrically disposed on the equipment and located on the side of the spray head.

6. The coating method of an alignment film as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the spray head is disposed to be parallel to a short side of the equipment.

Assignees

• Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Xiang
• Hsieh Chung-Ching
• Zhao Yongchao

Classifications

• B05C11/06 Primary

  with a blast of gas or vapour · CPC title

• B05C5/0208

  for applying liquid or other fluent material to separate articles (B05C5/0204 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02F1/133723

  Polyimide, polyamide-imide · CPC title

• G02F1/1303

  Apparatus specially adapted to the manufacture of LCDs · CPC title

• B05C5/0291 Primary

  the material being discharged on the work through discrete orifices as discrete droplets, beads or strips that coalesce on the work or are spread on the work so as to form a continuous coating · CPC title