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To combine the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the invention below, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the invention is carried out clear, intactly description, obviously, described embodiment only is the present invention's part embodiment, rather than whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment among the present invention, those of ordinary skills are not making the every other embodiment that is obtained under the creative work prerequisite, all belong to the scope of the present invention's protection.
The cleaning method of alignment film of liquid crystal screen chip of the present invention mainly is to utilize volatile electrolyte solution cleaning fluid to clean the alignment film surface after friction; Removing the static on alignment film surface and the alignment film chip, thereby reach preferably cleaning performance and improved cleaning efficiency.
Fig. 1 is cleaning method embodiment one process flow diagram of alignment film of liquid crystal screen chip of the present invention.As shown in Figure 1, present embodiment comprises;
Alignment film surface on step 11, the use volatile electrolyte solution cleaning base plate after friction.
Alignment film surface on the substrate after step 12, dried are cleaned after friction is so that the electrolyte solution volatilization on alignment film surface.
In the technique scheme step 11, the volatilization temperature of the volatile electrolyte solution of selecting for use is less than 250 ℃; Adopt the time on volatile electrolyte solution cleaning alignment film surface to be preferably: 1min~5min.Available volatile electrolyte solution is like carbon acid solution (H
2CO
3), ammonium formate solution (HCOONH
4) or ammonium acetate solution (CH
3COONH
4) etc.
In the technique scheme step 12, can select the alignment film surface after friction on the substrate after the firing equipment heated wash such as heating plate for use,, make the electrolyte solution volatilization on alignment film surface so that dried is carried out on the alignment film surface after cleaning.Heating plate comprises the steel plate of electrically-heated coil and good heat conductivity.The principle of work that adopts heating plate to carry out heat treated is: steel plate is placed on the electrically-heated coil top; Then substrate is placed on the steel plate upper surface; Heat to steel plate through electrically-heated coil, and make the alignment film surface of the substrate that is placed on the steel plate reach the effect of even heating through heat conduction.Because the heating plate firing equipment needs to use in the process of alignment film baking equally, can shared a kind of equipment.
Liquid crystal display mainly comprises array base palte, color membrane substrates and the liquid crystal layer of between array base palte and color membrane substrates are to box, filling.After the preparation of accomplishing array base palte and color membrane substrates, need on array base palte and color membrane substrates, be formed for liquid crystal is carried out the groove of orientation through friction (Rubbing) operation.Form in the process of groove on the alignment film surface; At first on the viewing area of array base palte or color membrane substrates, apply one deck alignment film; Adopt the surface of high speed rotating to be wrapped with the roller friction matching film surface of friction cloth then; When roller rubs to being coated in alignment film on the substrate, the alignment film molecule is orientated the back forms groove on the alignment film surface.When array base palte and color membrane substrates to the box operation time, between array base palte and color membrane substrates, fill or dispenser method, can be orientated liquid crystal molecule through the alignment film molecule.
In the friction process, after friction cloth friction matching film, the alignment film surface on the substrate after rubbing can produce chip (comprising the alignment film chip and the measuring fiber chip etc. that rubs), and these chips need be removed through matting fully; If the chip on alignment film surface does not clean thoroughly on the substrate, residual chip can become the impurity of introducing in the liquid crystal display manufacture process, promptly is the main cause that forms liquid crystal display " bad point ".Because in the chip that friction process produces, the measuring fiber object is long-pending big and very little with the adhesion of alignment film, cleaning is easy to; But the size of alignment film chip is very little, and in friction process, produces a large amount of static, and alignment film and alignment film chip are of identical composition, and make that the adhesion between alignment film chip and the alignment film is very strong.In a word, owing to the size of alignment film chip little and and and alignment film between reasons such as adhesion is very strong, make the cleaning difficulty comparatively of alignment film chip.
The inventor finds that in realizing process of the present invention in order to make that the alignment film chip is easy to break away from from the alignment film surface, key is to remove the static on alignment film surface and the alignment film chip.Electrolyte can effectively improve the cleaning efficiency to the back alignment film chip that rubs, below can improve the cleaning efficiency of alignment film chip to the electrolyte deionized water commonly used with respect to prior art mechanism describe.
There is static in alignment film surface and the alignment film chip; Therefore; If be used for the ion that the solution of cleaning alignment film chip does not have or seldom be useful on the transmission electric charge; Then be difficult to remove the static that has in alignment film surface and the alignment film chip, therefore be difficult to make the alignment film chip to break away from, can not reach good alignment film chip cleaning performance from the alignment film surface.Because deionized water intermediate ion concentration is very low; Be usually less than the ion concentration in the tap water of common use; Adopt deionized water rinsing alignment film surface, therefore the static angle from remove the alignment film chip is considered, the cleaning performance of deionized water is not even like the cleaning performance of tap water.But the ion that contains in the tap water can't volatilize, and can bring fatal quality problem to LCD.
Electrolyte solution intermediate ion concentration is higher with respect to the deionized water ion concentration.Using electrolyte solution is to transmit electric charge and the static above the chip is eliminated in order to reach through ion, thereby makes the alignment film chip behind the removal static be prone to break away from from the alignment film surface, thereby can reach cleaning performance preferably.Below the mechanism of the ion remaval static that comprises in the electrolyte solution is described: from the principle of static; Static is not to produce new electric charge; But because positive and negative charge has been separated (as: friction process separates positive and negative charge through rubbing action, and on friction tool and rubber, produces static respectively) by certain effect.After positive and negative charge is separated, because alignment film and alignment film chip all are insulators.Suppose: the alignment film surface is positively charged under a certain situation, alignment film detritus zone negative charge; Owing to have certain distance between the positive and negative charge, can't not neutralize fast and effectively under the situation of conductor having.When using electrolyte solution to clean; Electrolyte solution serves as a kind of effect of conductor; A large amount of ions in the electrolyte solution can in the positive charge on alignment film surface and the negative charge on the alignment film chip, and electrolyte solution itself still keeps electric neutrality.Because the static on alignment film surface and the alignment film chip is removed, therefore, the alignment film chip is prone to come off from the alignment film surface, thereby improves the cleaning efficiency of alignment film chip.Further; Because the present invention selects for use volatile electrolyte solution as cleaning fluid; Therefore can thoroughly remove the electrolyte solution of the alignment film remained on surface after the flushing through modes such as heating, thereby avoid exerting an adverse impact owing to alignment film remained on surface ion pair liquid crystal display quality.
The degree of ionization of electrolyte solution is characterizing ion or the charge number that solution can provide, so the use amount of electrolyte solution, degree of ionization are corresponding with the alignment film quantity of debris that needs clean.Select suitable electrolyte solution according to actual alignment film material of selecting for use and concrete process conditions, can carry out integration test, seek suitable parameters electrolytical concentration, electrolytical consumption and the alignment film quantity of debris that needs to clean.Because the debris quantities that different friction conditions produces down is different with amount of charge; Therefore when the alignment film chip on alignment film surface cleans on to substrate, need test in advance with parameters such as the concentration of obtaining best electrolyte solution as cleaning fluid, consumptions.The concrete grammar of confirming as parameters such as the concentration of the electrolyte solution of cleaning fluid, consumptions can comprise:
With many substrates after the mantle friction of same friction condition making alignment film; The cleaning fluid of preparation variable concentrations; Carry out the cleaning test on alignment film surface on the substrate with different use amounts; Concentration and use amount method from low to high by the electrolyte solution of selecting for use are tested, to obtain the optimal parameter of electrolyte solution.Generally speaking, if adopt the electrolyte solution or the less electrolyte solution of use amount of low concentration, can not reach good cleaning performance, the use amount that can suitably improve the concentration of electrolyte solution or improve electrolyte solution is to reach cleaning performance preferably; When the concentration of electrolyte solution improves or after use amount is increased to a certain degree; If the concentration of the electrolyte solution that adopts continues to improve when perhaps the use amount of electrolyte solution continues to increase; When the cleaning performance of the alignment film chip on alignment film surface does not have further the improvement on the substrate; This concentration of electrolyte solution and use amount are most economical concentration and use amount so, adopt definite concentration or use amount as the preferred parameter of preferred electrolyte solution, can reach cleaning performance preferably.
The cleaning method of alignment film chip of the present invention can be selected the good electrolyte solution of volatility for use.This is because liquid crystal display is very responsive for the ion that inside exists; After alignment film is cleaned completion; Usually need carry out array base palte and color membrane substrates to box operation and liquid crystal injection process; If the ion that in the alignment film cleaning process, produces can not be removed, will have a strong impact on the quality of liquid crystal display.Include ion in the electrolyte solution, therefore after the alignment film chip cleans completion, need remove the electrolyte solution of substrate remnants on the alignment film surface after the friction fully, in order to avoid the ion in the remaining electrolyte solution influences the quality of liquid crystal display.Remove electrolyte solution remaining on the alignment film surface for ease and thoroughly; Can in alignment film chip cleaning process, select volatile electrolyte solution for use; And make remaining electrolyte solution volatilization on the alignment film surface through methods such as heating alignment film surfaces, thoroughly remove the purpose of electrolyte solution remaining on the alignment film surface from reaching.
Solution such as common a lot of organic salts, organic acid all have volatile electrolyte; For avoiding in the electrolyte solution heating process that makes the alignment film surface, alignment film being caused damage; The present invention need select the lower electrolyte solution of volatilization temperature for use; Preferably, the volatilization temperature of electrolyte solution is lower than 250 ℃.The available electrolyte solution of the present invention is for example: carbon acid solution, ammonium formate solution, ammonium acetate solution etc.Owing to produce toxic gas in the electrolyte solution volatilization process needs are improved (as: requiring external unit to have sealing avoids toxic gas to leak) to external unit for avoiding accordingly, can select carbon acid solution for use.
Select for use the alignment film surface on carbon acid solution array substrate or the color membrane substrates to carry out in the cleaning process, also can not corrode other rete on array base palte or the color membrane substrates.This is that alignment film forms protective effect to the rete of its below owing to most zones on array base palte that needs the formation groove or the color membrane substrates are coated with alignment film.The fraction zone that on substrate, does not have alignment film is dielectric film (as: silicon nitride) or ITO (tin indium oxide) film; These two kinds of films all possess certain corrosion resistance; Carbon acid solution only after acting on for a long time, could form certain corrosivity to these two kinds of films.Using carbon acid solution to clean, (1min~5min), therefore, the corrosive attack that other rete of carbon acid solution array substrate or color membrane substrates causes can be ignored because scavenging period is short.
The cleaning method of alignment film of liquid crystal screen chip of the present invention uses the low volatile electrolyte solution of volatilization temperature, and the chip that the alignment film on the cleaning base plate after friction is surperficial can effectively improve the cleaning efficiency of alignment film chip; After the alignment film chip cleans, adopt methods such as heating, can the remaining electrolyte in alignment film surface be evaporated fully, therefore, can liquid crystal display inside not polluted, help giving security for the quality of liquid crystal display.
Fig. 2 is cleaning method embodiment two process flow diagrams of alignment film of liquid crystal screen chip of the present invention.As shown in Figure 2, present embodiment comprises:
Step 21, use volatilization temperature less than 250 ℃ volatile electrolyte solution, the surperficial 1min~5min of the alignment film on the cleaning base plate after friction.
Step 22, the alignment film surface of using washed with de-ionized water step 21 to handle.
Alignment film surface after step 23, drying steps 22 are handled, for example available air-flow dries up the deionized water on alignment film surface.
Alignment film surface after step 24, heating steps 23 are handled is so that the electrolyte solution volatilization on alignment film surface.
Step 25, the alignment film surface of using washed with de-ionized water step 24 to handle.
Alignment film surface after step 26, drying steps 25 are handled, for example available air-flow dries up the deionized water on alignment film surface.
In step 22 or the step 25, except using deionized water rinsing alignment film surface, also can select for use other neutral solution (as: IPA solution, alcohol etc.) that the alignment film surface is cleaned in the technique scheme.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the alignment film surface after technique scheme also can be according to actual needs only handled back or step 24 and handled step 21 carry out the further cleaning and the dried of neutral solution.
Present embodiment washes in the alignment film surface process in neutral solutions such as adopting deionized water; Can the friction measuring fiber chip that produce in the friction process process be removed; Simultaneously; Also can most electrolyte solutions remaining on the alignment film surface be taken away, help shortening the follow-up time that makes the electrolyte solution volatilization handle required use.
What should explain at last is: above embodiment is only in order to explaining technical scheme of the present invention, but not to its restriction; Although with reference to previous embodiment the present invention has been carried out detailed explanation, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be made amendment to the technical scheme that previous embodiment is put down in writing, and perhaps part technical characterictic wherein is equal to replacement; And these are revised or replacement, do not make the spirit and the scope of the essence disengaging embodiment of the invention technical scheme of relevant art scheme.