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Apparatus, mask, and method for printing alignment layer

US6999148B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 2002
Grant dateFeb 14, 2006
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133784
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for printing an alignment layer of a liquid crystal display device includes a dispenser dropping an alignment material, an anilox roll receiving the dropped alignment material, a doctor roll evenly spreading the dropped alignment material coated onto the anilox roll, and a printing roll receiving the alignment material from the anilox roll, and transferring the alignment material onto a substrate, wherein the printing roll has a plurality of masks each having a numerical aperture of about 5% to 25%.

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