Exposure system
Technical field
The present invention is relevant with exposure system, especially, is related to a kind of light supply apparatus that exposure system inside is used to make liquid crystal display (LCD) device that is installed in.
Background technology
In recent years, flat-panel monitor, LCD (LCD) for example such as has been widely used in from PC to the TV at various fields.As everyone knows, LCD comprises a thin film transistor (TFT) (TFT) substrate, a color filter film substrate, and a liquid crystal layer therebetween.Wherein, be positioned at each element on the substrate, for example, a TFT, a pixel electrode, perhaps a color filter film all is to produce by known photoetching process.
Below in conjunction with Fig. 1 an exposure system that adopts photoetching process to make LCD is described in detail.
As shown in Figure 1, in the camera bellows bottom that will carry out exposure-processed a pedestal 20 that is used to support LCD substrate 15 is installed.A photomask 25 (a perhaps graticule (reticle)) is set and over against LCD substrate 15 on pedestal 20.Wherein, photomask 25 can comprise several photoresistance mould 25a.
Several lighting fixtures 30 are arranged on the top of darkroom 10 outside surfaces.Lighting fixture 30 comprises the frame 37 of 35, one ambient light sources of a light source, and the transparency window between frame 37 and outside surface top, darkroom, with the closed front in darkroom with the sealing darkroom.Wherein, an exposure system need be installed a plurality of lighting fixtures, and to the uniform light of LCD substrate 15 emissions, this substrate is greater than a common semiconductor substrate with simultaneously.
Yet because the included frame 37 cost costlinesses of lighting fixture 30, being provided with of a plurality of lighting fixtures 30 increased production cost.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides an exposure system, even under the situation that adopts single lighting fixture, by this exposure system, light also can be radiated on the substrate equably, thereby has reduced production cost.
An aspect of of the present present invention, the exposure system that is provided comprise a darkroom, and the space of carrying out the exposure technology process is provided, and a lighting fixture, and this accessory is arranged on the darkroom, and move with a direction of determining, so that emission light is to inside, darkroom.
The darkroom comprises that one is about to carry out the pedestal of the substrate of exposure-processed in order to support, and a photomask, is used to make the top Cheng Mo of pedestal.In addition, the top in darkroom comprises a transparency cover, and lighting fixture is by this transparency cover and to darkroom internal emission light.
Lighting fixture comprises a light source, the light source frame of an ambient light source, and a transparency window is arranged at the bottom of light source frame, and a mobile unit, makes the direction of lighting fixture to determine, i.e. the to-and-fro movement perpendicular to the direction of the light of being launched.Wherein, for ease of moving, preferably, lighting fixture and darkroom be the distance to determine at interval.
Corresponding to another aspect of the present invention, an exposure system is provided, comprise a darkroom, this darkroom has determined that one is carried out the space of exposure-processed to the LCD substrate, and has an open top, a transparency cover, the open top in sealing darkroom, with the sealing darkroom, and a lighting fixture, the top in this device and darkroom is the distance to determine at interval, and moves with the internal emission light to the darkroom with the direction of determining.
Description of drawings
In conjunction with the drawings and to the detailed description of its reference example, can make above and other characteristics of the present invention and advantage become clearer and more definite.
Figure 1 shows that the cross section view of exposure device commonly used;
Figure 2 shows that the cross section view of exposure system of the present invention;
Figure 3 shows that the top plan view of exposure system of the present invention.
Embodiment
Accompanying drawing in conjunction with the preferred embodiments will prove absolutely the present invention.But the present invention can implement with various forms, and the present invention should be interpreted as the situation that is confined to the embodiment that this paper proposes.In addition, provide this embodiment, and thought of the present invention is understood by technician's (being proficient in this leader's personnel) fully so that the present invention thoroughly discloses fully.In the accompanying drawings, for the purpose of clear, amplify the shape of element, and in different accompanying drawings, adopted identical reference number to represent similar elements.
At first, as shown in Figure 2, exposure system 200 comprises a darkroom 100.This darkroom has an open top, determines a space of LCD substrate 110 being carried out exposure-processed.A pedestal 120 in order to support LCD substrate 110, is installed within the darkroom 100.Wherein, LCD substrate 110 can adopt, for example, and a glass substrate, and comprise a film forming layer (end shows) and a photoresist layer (end shows), order is mounted thereon.
Position over against LCD substrate 110 within the darkroom is provided with a photomask 130, and with LCD substrate 110 fixed range at interval.Photomask 130 comprises a large amount of photoresistance mould 130a, is used for photoresist layer is exposed.Photoresistance mould 130a is arranged on the surface of photomask 130 position over against LCD substrate 110.
Transparency cover 140 is arranged at the top in darkroom and makes the darkroom sealing.Transparency cover 140 is made into sheet to hide the open top in darkroom 100.Wherein, transparency cover 140 for example can adopt light transmissive material such as right English and make.
Single lighting fixture 150 is set on darkroom 100.Lighting fixture 150 comprises the frame 154 of 152, one ambient light sources of a light source, and a transparency window 156 that is installed in frame 154 bottoms.Lighting fixture 150 and then comprise a mobile unit 158 can move back and forth on the direction of determining by these mobile unit 158 lighting fixtures 150.Wherein, although the equal and opposite in direction of the size of lighting fixture 150 and existing lighting fixture 150, lighting fixture 150 of the present invention can be moved by mobile unit 158.Therefore, light can shine the surface of whole LCD substrate 110 equably.And, because lighting fixture 150 is separated by with the distance of determining, so lighting fixture 150 can move freely with darkroom 100.Wherein, the top in the bottom of lighting fixture 150 and darkroom 100 is made by transparent material, helps the emission of light and does not absorb light.
Below will the course of work of exposure system 200 of the present invention be described.
Lighting fixture 150 moves with the direction of determining, for example, along the direction of substrate length, and emission light is to 100 inside, darkroom.Wherein, mobile unit 158 is with constant speed portable lamp electro-optical device 150, thus make lighting fixture 150 can be equably with irradiate light to the darkroom photomask 130 in 100.And owing to be provided with a transparency window 156 in the bottom of lighting fixture 150, light can shine on the photomask 130 and not be absorbed.After light arrived photomask 130, part light was absorbed by photoresistance mould 130a and the part transmission is gone out.Therefore, light is transferred to LCD substrate 110 equably.
Wherein, when lighting fixture 150 moves and launches light, only adopt a lighting fixture to be enough to expose.Therefore, owing to the lighting fixture 150 that does not need other are installed reduces cost greatly.
As mentioned above, corresponding to the present invention, an exposure system comprises a single lighting fixture with a mobile unit on the darkroom, and mobile unit allows lighting fixture to move back and forth.Therefore, exposure-processed can be carried out, and the number of lighting fixture can be reduced by the portable lamp electro-optical device.Owing to do not need to be provided with the frame of several costlinesses, so can reduce the production cost of exposure system greatly.
The present invention has given to specify in conjunction with its preferred embodiment, but those skilled in the art should be clear and definite, is not violating under the situation of the spirit and scope of the present invention that limited by following claim, can carry out the change of various forms and details to the present invention.