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Electrode plate, liquid crystal device and production thereof

US6106907A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 20, 1997
Grant dateAug 22, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1345
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrode plate is formed by a substrate and a plurality of patterned electrodes formed on the substrate. Each patterned electrode has a laminate structure including a first layer of nickel metal formed on the substrate and a second layer of copper formed thereon. The electrode plate may be prepared by a process including a step of etching such a multilayer metal electrode-forming film formed on a substrate by spraying an etchant downwardly and uniformly onto the substrate while rotating the substrate at a rotation speed sufficient to allow quick liberation of the etchant from the substrate. The metal electrodes can be formed with a good adhesion onto the substrate and with good accuracies of width and thickness. By incorporating the electrode plate as a pair of substrates sandwiching a liquid crystal, a liquid crystal device showing free from transmission delay and rounding of voltage waveforms can be provided.

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