JP4506118B2 - Discharge device, color filter substrate manufacturing device, electroluminescence display device manufacturing device, plasma display device manufacturing device, wiring manufacturing device, and coating method. - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for applying a liquid material to a plurality of discharged portions arranged in a matrix or stripe, and more specifically, manufacturing a color filter substrate, manufacturing an electroluminescence display device, and a plasma display device. The present invention relates to a technique suitable for manufacturing a back substrate, manufacturing an image display device including an electron-emitting device, and manufacturing a wiring.

A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a color filter by discharging ink droplets for a color filter from an inkjet head onto a color filter substrate is known (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-10-260307

In a matrix type display device having a diagonal of 30 inches or more, a typical pixel region corresponding to one color has a length in the short side direction of about 100 μm and a length in the long side direction of about 300 μm. When a filter material is applied by an inkjet method using a pixel region having such a size as a discharge target portion, a liquid filter material of about 300 pl (picoliter) is discharged to one discharge target portion. The discharged liquid filter material finally becomes a layer having a volume of about 30 pl when the solvent is evaporated on the portion to be discharged. However, if the size of the ejected part is as described above, the filter material that has landed on the ejected part spreads so as to cover the entire area of the ejected part, and the filter material is affected by the viscosity of the filter material. May stop spreading. In such a case, the filter material does not spread uniformly in the discharged portion.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an ejection device in which ejected material is likely to spread on an ejected portion.

  The discharge device of the present invention is a discharge device that applies a liquid material to a discharge target portion determined by an X coordinate range and a Y coordinate range, and can discharge the material and a stage that determines the position of the discharge target portion. A carriage that holds a first discharge section having a first nozzle, a second discharge section having a second nozzle capable of discharging the material, and the first discharge section and the second discharge section. And a scanning unit that moves the carriage relative to the stage so that the first nozzle and the second nozzle move relative to the discharged portion. Then, within the first scanning period, the first nozzle is relatively moved in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the first nozzle continues to coincide with the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range. In addition, the first discharge unit discharges the material from the first nozzle to the discharge target portion, and the X coordinate of the second nozzle is within the X coordinate range within the first scanning period. The second nozzle moves relative to the Y-axis direction so as to continue to coincide with the second X coordinate, and the second discharge section moves from the second nozzle to the discharge target section. Discharge material.

  According to the above configuration, the liquid material is discharged from the at least two nozzles positioned at different X coordinates within the X coordinate range of the discharged portion to the discharged portion. For this reason, the range in which each droplet spreads and spreads in the X-axis direction from each landing position can be small. As a result, the X coordinate range of the discharged portion is covered with the discharged material even if the discharged material spreads on the discharged portion at a low speed. Therefore, a manufacturing apparatus capable of forming a uniform layer on the discharged portion is obtained.

  Further, according to the above configuration, since the two nozzles discharge the liquid material to one discharge target portion, the non-uniform discharge amount between the nozzles is the final discharge amount to each discharge target portion. The possibility of appearing as non-uniformity between material volumes can be reduced.

  Preferably, within the first scanning period, the first ejection unit ejects the material from the first nozzle to a plurality of first positions in the ejection target part, and the first scanning period. Inside, the said 2nd discharge part discharges the said material with respect to several 2nd position in the said to-be-discharged part from the said 2nd nozzle.

  According to the above configuration, since the material is discharged a plurality of times in the discharged portion (that is, in the Y coordinate range), the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion is also sufficiently covered by the discharged color filter material 111R.

  More preferably, the discharge device further includes a third discharge unit having a third nozzle capable of discharging the material, and a fourth discharge unit having a fourth nozzle capable of discharging the material. . The carriage further holds the third ejection unit and the fourth ejection unit. During the second scanning period, the third nozzle relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the third nozzle continues to coincide with the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range. At the same time, the third discharge section discharges the material from the third nozzle to a position between the plurality of first positions in the discharge target section. Then, during the second scanning period, the fourth nozzle moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the fourth nozzle continues to coincide with the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range. The fourth discharge unit discharges the material to a position between the plurality of second positions in the discharge target portion from the fourth nozzle while relatively moving.

  According to the above configuration, each position in the Y-axis direction where the material lands within the second scanning period is between each position in the Y-axis direction where the material lands within the first scanning period. For this reason, the combination of the first scanning period and the second scanning period can further reduce the range in which each droplet spreads in the Y-axis direction from each landing position. As a result, the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion is completely covered by the discharged material even if the discharged material spreads slowly on the discharged portion.

  Further, according to the above configuration, since four nozzles discharge a liquid material to one discharged portion, the non-uniform discharge amount between the nozzles is the final amount discharged to each discharged portion. The possibility of appearing as non-uniformity between material volumes can be further reduced.

  The present invention can be realized in various modes, such as a color filter substrate manufacturing apparatus, an electroluminescence display manufacturing apparatus, a plasma display manufacturing apparatus, and a wiring manufacturing apparatus. can do.

  The manufacturing method of the present invention is a manufacturing method in which a liquid material is applied to a discharged portion determined by an X coordinate range and a Y coordinate range, and the first step of positioning the discharged portion on a stage; A second step of moving the first nozzle and the second nozzle relative to the discharge target portion. Further, in the second step, during the first scanning period, the first nozzle is moved so that the X coordinate of the first nozzle continues to coincide with the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range. The relative movement in the Y-axis direction and the step of discharging the material from the first nozzle to the discharge target section, and the X coordinate of the second nozzle within the first scanning period Relatively moving the second nozzle in the Y-axis direction so as to continue to coincide with the second X coordinate within the coordinate range, and discharging the material from the second nozzle to the target portion And including.

  According to the above configuration, the liquid material is discharged from the at least two nozzles positioned at different X coordinates within the X coordinate range of the discharged portion to the discharged portion. For this reason, the range in which each droplet spreads and spreads in the X-axis direction from each landing position can be small. As a result, the X coordinate range of the discharged portion is covered with the discharged material even if the discharged material spreads on the discharged portion at a low speed. Therefore, according to the manufacturing method of the present invention, a uniform layer can be formed on the discharged portion.

  Hereinafter, the case where the present invention is applied to a color filter substrate manufacturing apparatus, an electroluminescence display apparatus manufacturing apparatus, a plasma display apparatus manufacturing apparatus, an image display apparatus manufacturing apparatus including an electron-emitting device, and a wiring manufacturing apparatus. An example will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the Example shown below does not limit the content of the invention described in the claim at all. In addition, all the configurations shown in the following embodiments are not necessarily essential as means for solving the invention described in the claims.

  An example in which the present invention is applied to a color filter substrate manufacturing apparatus will be described.

  A substrate 10A shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B is a substrate that becomes a color filter substrate 10 through processing by a manufacturing apparatus 1 (FIG. 2) described later. The substrate 10A has a plurality of discharged portions 18R, 18G, and 18B arranged in a matrix.

  Specifically, the substrate 10A includes a support substrate 12 having optical transparency, a black matrix 14 formed on the support substrate 12, and a bank 16 formed on the black matrix 14. The black matrix 14 is formed of a light-shielding material. The black matrix 14 and the bank 16 on the black matrix 14 are positioned on the support substrate 12 so that a plurality of matrix-like light transmission portions, that is, a plurality of matrix-like pixel regions are defined.

  In each pixel region, the recesses defined by the support substrate 12, the black matrix 14, and the bank 16 correspond to the discharged portion 18R, the discharged portion 18G, and the discharged portion 18B. The discharged portion 18R is a region where the filter layer 111FR that transmits only light in the red wavelength region is to be formed, and the discharged portion 18G is formed with the filter layer 111FG that transmits only light in the green wavelength region. The discharged portion 18B is a region where the filter layer 111FB that transmits only light in the blue wavelength region is to be formed.

  The substrate 10A shown in FIG. 1B is located in parallel with a virtual plane defined by the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. The row direction and the column direction of the matrix formed by the plurality of discharged portions 18R, 18G, and 18B are parallel to the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, respectively. In the substrate 10A, the discharged portion 18R, the discharged portion 18G, and the discharged portion 18B are periodically arranged in this order in the X-axis direction. On the other hand, the discharged parts 18R are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y-axis direction, and the discharged parts 18G are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y-axis direction, The discharged portions 18B are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y-axis direction.

  An interval LRX along the X-axis direction between the discharged parts 18R is approximately 560 μm. This interval is the same as the interval LGX along the X-axis direction between the discharged portions 18G, and is the same as the interval LBX along the X-axis direction between the discharged portions 18B. Further, the length of the discharged portion 18R in the X-axis direction is approximately 100 μm, and the length in the Y-axis direction is approximately 300 μm. The discharged portion 18G and the discharged portion 18B also have the same size as the discharged portion 18R. The distance between the discharged parts and the size of the discharged parts correspond to the distance between pixel regions corresponding to the same color in a high-definition television having a size of about 40 inches.

  The manufacturing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 2 is an apparatus that discharges a corresponding color filter material to each of the discharged portions 18R, 18G, and 18B of the substrate 10A of FIG. Specifically, the manufacturing apparatus 1 includes a discharge device 100R that applies the color filter material 111R to all of the discharged portions 18R, a drying device 150R that dries the color filter material 111R on the discharged portions 18R, and a discharged portion. 100G for applying the color filter material 111G to all of 18G, a drying device 150G for drying the color filter material 111G on the discharged portion 18G, 100B for applying the color filter material 111B to all of the discharged portions 18B, A drying device 150B for drying the color filter material 111B of the discharge unit 18B, an oven 160 for reheating (post-baking) the color filter materials 111R, 111G, and 111B, and a layer of post-baked color filter materials 111R, 111G, and 111B Discharging to provide a protective film 16 on the surface It includes a location 100C, and the drying device 150C for drying the protective film 16, a curing device 165 which cures by heating the protective film 16 which is dried again, and. Further, the manufacturing apparatus 1 transports the substrate 10A in the order of the ejection device 100R, the drying device 150R, the ejection device 100G, the drying device 150G, the ejection device 100B, the drying device 150B, the ejection device 100C, the drying device 150C, and the curing device 165. A device 170 is also provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the ejection device 100R includes a tank 101R that holds a liquid color filter material 111R, and an ejection scanning unit 102 that is supplied with the color filter material 111R from the tank 101R via a tube 110R. The ejection scanning unit 102 includes a carriage 103 having a plurality of heads 114 (FIG. 4) each capable of ejecting a color filter material, a first position control device 104 that controls the position of the carriage 103, and a stage that holds the substrate 10A. 106, a second position control device 108 that controls the position of the stage 106, and a control unit 112. The tank 101R and the plurality of heads 114 in the carriage 103 are connected by a tube 110R, and a liquid color filter material 111R is supplied from the tank 101R to each of the plurality of heads 114 by compressed air.

  The liquid color filter material in this embodiment is an example of the liquid material of the present invention. The liquid material refers to a material having a viscosity that can be discharged from a nozzle. In this case, it does not matter whether the material is aqueous or oily. It is sufficient if it has fluidity (viscosity) that can be discharged from the nozzle, and even if a solid substance is mixed, it may be a fluid as a whole.

  The first position control device 104 includes a linear motor, and moves the carriage 103 along the X-axis direction and the Z-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction in response to a signal from the control unit 112. The second position control device 108 includes a linear motor, and moves the stage 106 along the Y-axis direction orthogonal to both the X-axis direction and the Z-axis direction in accordance with a signal from the control unit 112. The stage 106 has a plane parallel to both the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, and is configured so that the substrate 10A can be fixed on this plane. Since the stage 106 fixes the substrate 10A, the stage 106 can determine the positions of the discharged portions 18R, 18G, and 18B. Note that the substrate 10A of this embodiment is an example of a receiving substrate.

  The first position control device 104 further has a function of rotating the carriage 103 around a predetermined axis parallel to the Z-axis direction. The Z-axis direction is a direction parallel to the vertical direction (that is, the direction of gravitational acceleration). By the rotation of the carriage 103 around a predetermined axis parallel to the Z-axis direction by the first position controller 104, the X-axis and Y-axis in the coordinate system fixed on the receiving substrate are changed to the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. Can be parallel to each other. In this embodiment, both the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction are directions in which the carriage moves relative to the stage 106. In the present specification, the first position control measure 104 and the second position control device 108 may be referred to as “scanning unit”.

  The carriage 103 and the stage 106 further have a degree of freedom of translation and rotation other than those described above. However, in the present embodiment, descriptions relating to the degrees of freedom other than the above degrees of freedom are omitted for the purpose of simplifying the explanation.

  The control unit 112 is configured to receive ejection data representing a relative position at which the color filter material 111R is to be ejected from an external information processing apparatus. Detailed functions of the control unit 112 will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the carriage 103 holds a plurality of heads 114 having the same structure. Here, FIG. 4 is a view of the carriage 103 observed from the stage 106 side. Therefore, the direction perpendicular to the drawing is the Z-axis direction. In this embodiment, the carriage 103 is provided with two rows of four heads 114. Each head 114 is fixed to the carriage 103 so that an angle AN between the longitudinal direction of each head 114 and the X-axis direction is 0 °. However, as will be described in the modification, the angle AN is variable.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the head 114 for discharging the color filter material 111 </ b> R has two nozzle rows 116 each extending in the longitudinal direction of the head 114. The nozzle row 116 is a row in which 180 nozzles 118 are arranged in a row. The direction of the nozzle row 116 is referred to as a nozzle row direction HX. The interval between the nozzles 118 along the nozzle row direction HX is about 140 μm. In FIG. 5, the two nozzle rows 116 in one head 114 are positioned so as to be shifted from each other by a half pitch (about 70 μm). Furthermore, the diameter of the nozzle 118 is approximately 27 μm. As described above, since the angle between the longitudinal direction of the head 114 and the X-axis direction is the angle AN, the nozzle row direction HX, that is, the angle between the 180 nozzles 118 aligned in a row and the X-axis direction is also Angle AN. In addition, each edge part of the some nozzle 118 is located on the virtual plane defined by the said X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. In addition, the shape of each of the plurality of nozzles 118 is adjusted so that the head 114 can discharge the material substantially parallel to the Z axis.

  As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, each head 114 is an inkjet head. More specifically, each head 114 includes a diaphragm 126 and a nozzle plate 128. Between the diaphragm 126 and the nozzle plate 126, a liquid pool 129 that is always filled with the liquid color filter material 111R supplied from the tank 101R through the hole 131 is located. In addition, a plurality of partition walls 122 are located between the diaphragm 126 and the nozzle plate 128. A portion surrounded by the diaphragm 126, the nozzle plate 128, and the pair of partition walls 122 is a cavity 120. Since the cavities 120 are provided corresponding to the nozzles 118, the number of the cavities 120 and the number of the nozzles 118 are the same. The color filter material 111 </ b> R is supplied from the liquid pool 129 to the cavity 120 through the supply port 130 positioned between the pair of partition walls 122.

  On the diaphragm 126, the vibrator 124 is positioned corresponding to each cavity 120. The vibrator 124 includes a piezoelectric element 124C and a pair of electrodes 124A and 124B that sandwich the piezoelectric element 124C. By applying a driving voltage to the pair of electrodes 124A and 124B, the liquid color filter material 111R is discharged from the corresponding nozzle 118.

  The control unit 112 (FIG. 3) is configured to give independent signals to each of the plurality of vibrators 124. For this reason, the volume of the color filter material 111 </ b> R ejected from the nozzle 118 is controlled for each nozzle 118 in accordance with a signal from the control unit 112. Furthermore, the volume of the color filter material 111R discharged from each of the nozzles 118 is variable between 0 pl to 42 pl (picoliter). For this reason, as will be described later, it is possible to set the nozzle 118 that performs the ejection operation during the application scan and the nozzle 118 that does not perform the ejection operation.

  In the present specification, a portion including one nozzle 118, a cavity 120 corresponding to the nozzle 118, and a vibrator 124 corresponding to the cavity may be referred to as a discharge unit 127. According to this notation, one head 114 has the same number of ejection units 127 as the number of nozzles 118. As described above, in this embodiment, the carriage 103 holds the head 114. On the other hand, each of the heads 114 has a plurality of ejection units 127. For this reason, in this specification, the carriage 103 may be described as holding a plurality of ejection units 127.

  The discharge unit may include an electrothermal conversion element instead of the piezo element. That is, the discharge unit may have a configuration for discharging the material by utilizing the thermal expansion of the material by the electrothermal conversion element.

  As described above, the carriage 103 is moved in the X-axis direction and the Z-axis direction by the first position control device 104 (FIG. 3). On the other hand, the stage 106 (FIG. 3) is moved in the Y-axis direction by the second position control means 108 (FIG. 3). As a result, the carriage 103 moves relative to the stage 106 by the first position control device 104 and the second position control device 108. More specifically, by these operations, the plurality of heads 114, the plurality of nozzle rows 116, or the plurality of nozzles 118 are separated from each other by a predetermined distance in the Z-axis direction with respect to the discharge target portion 18 </ b> R positioned on the stage 106. The relative movement in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, that is, relative scanning is performed while maintaining the above. More specifically, the head 114 scans relative to the stage in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction and discharges material from the plurality of nozzles 118. In the present invention, the nozzle 118 may be scanned with respect to the discharged portion 18R, and the material may be discharged from the nozzle 118 with respect to the discharged portion 18R. “Relative scanning” includes scanning at least one of the ejection side and the side on which the ejected material lands (the ejected portion 18R side) with respect to the other. In addition, a combination of relative scanning and material discharge may be referred to as “application scanning”.

  Next, the configuration of the control unit 112 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 112 includes an input buffer memory 200, a storage unit 202, a processing unit 204, a scan driver 206, and a head driver 208. The buffer memory 202 and the processing unit 204 are connected so that they can communicate with each other. The processing unit 204 and the storage unit 202 are connected to be communicable with each other. The processing unit 204 and the scan driver 206 are connected so as to communicate with each other. The processing unit 204 and the head driver 20 are connected so that they can communicate with each other. The scanning driver 206 is connected to the first position control unit 104 and the second position control unit 108 so as to communicate with each other. Similarly, the head driver 208 is connected to each of the plurality of heads 114 so as to communicate with each other.

  The input buffer memory 200 receives ejection data for ejecting the color filter material 111R from the external information processing apparatus. The ejection data includes data representing the relative positions of all the ejected portions 18R on the substrate 10A and the number of relative scans required until the color filter material 111R having a desired thickness is applied to all the ejected portions 18R. , Data indicating the landing position on the portion to be discharged, data specifying the nozzle 118 that performs the discharge operation, and data specifying the nozzle 118 that does not perform the discharge operation. The input buffer memory 200 supplies the ejection data to the processing unit 204, and the processing unit 204 stores the ejection data in the storage unit 202. In FIG. 7, the storage means 202 is a RAM.

  The processing unit 204 gives data indicating the relative position of the nozzle row 116 to the ejected portion 18 </ b> R to the scan driver 206 based on the ejection data in the storage unit 202. The scanning driver 206 gives a drive signal corresponding to this data to the first position control means 104 and the second position control means 108. As a result, the nozzle row 116 is scanned with respect to the discharged portion 18R. On the other hand, the processing unit 204 gives data indicating the discharge timing from the corresponding nozzle 118 to the head driver 208 based on the discharge data stored in the storage unit 202. Based on this data, the head driver 208 gives a driving signal necessary for discharging the color filter material 111R to the head 114. As a result, the liquid color filter material 111R is discharged from the corresponding nozzle 118 in the nozzle row 116.

  The control unit 112 may be a computer including at least a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. In this case, the function of the control unit 112 is realized by a software program executed by a computer. Of course, the control unit 112 may be realized by a dedicated circuit (hardware).

  With the above configuration, the ejection device 100R performs application scanning of the color filter material 111R in accordance with the ejection data given to the control unit 112.

  The above is the description of the configuration of the ejection device 100R. The configuration of the ejection device 100G, the configuration of the ejection device 100B, and the configuration of the ejection device 100C are basically the same as the configuration of the ejection device 100R. However, the configuration of the ejection device 100G is different from the configuration of the ejection device 100R in that the ejection device 100G includes a tank for the color filter material 111G instead of the tank 101R in the ejection device 100R. Similarly, the configuration of the ejection device 100B is different from the configuration of the ejection device 100R in that the ejection device 100B includes a tank for the color filter material 111B instead of the tank 101R. Further, the configuration of the ejection device 100C is different from the configuration of the ejection device 100R in that the ejection device 100C includes a tank for a protective film material instead of the tank 101R.

  Next, the operation of the ejection device 100R will be described. The discharge device 100R discharges the same material to a plurality of discharged portions 18R arranged in a matrix on the substrate 10A. As described in Examples 2 and 3, the substrate 10A may be replaced with a substrate for an electroluminescence display device, a substrate for a rear substrate for a plasma display device, or an electron-emitting device. You may replace with the board | substrate of the provided image display apparatus.

  In the present embodiment, the ejection device 100 performs any one of application scanning (A), (B), and (C) described below.

Application scan (A)
(A1: first scanning period)
FIG. 8 shows one discharged portion 18A in the substrate 10A. Further, FIG. 8 also illustrates a part of one head 114 facing the substrate 10A so as to overlap the substrate 10A. In FIG. 8, the Z-axis direction is a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. The substrate 10A shown in FIG. 8 is fixed to the stage 106 of the discharge device 100R. For this reason, the discharged portion 18R is positioned on a virtual plane defined by the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction (for example, on a plane parallel to the paper surface of FIG. 8). In FIG. 8, the short side direction and the long side direction of the discharged portion 18R are parallel to the X axis direction and the Y axis direction, respectively. Further, the range of the discharged portion 18R is determined by the corresponding X coordinate range and the corresponding Y coordinate range. More specifically, the discharged portion 18R is located between the X coordinates XA and XB. Further, the discharged portion 18R is located between the Y coordinates YA and YB. The X coordinate XA to XB is the X coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R, and similarly, the Y coordinate YA to YB is the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R. Here, the X coordinates XA and XB are values on the X axis in the coordinate system fixed to the substrate 10A. Similarly, the Y coordinates YA and YB are values on the Y axis in this coordinate system. Also, “X coordinate” and “Y coordinate” appearing in the following description are coordinates in a coordinate system fixed on the substrate 10A. As described above, the X axis and the Y axis in the coordinate system fixed to the substrate 10A are parallel to the X axis direction and the Y axis direction, respectively. Further, the difference between the X coordinates XA and XB is approximately 100 μm, and the difference between the Y coordinates YA and YB is approximately 300 μm.

  In the example shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the color filter material 111R is discharged from the two nozzles 118 having the shortest distance between each other to the discharge target portion 18R within the first scanning period. For example, in the case of FIG. 8, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 8, the color filter material 111 </ b> R is discharged from the second nozzle 118 from the upper left side and the third nozzle 118 from the lower left side. The volume of the liquid color filter material 111R discharged by one discharge operation is approximately 10 pl (picoliter).

  First, by fixing the substrate 10 </ b> A on the stage 106, the discharged portion 18 is positioned on the stage 106. Then, before the first scanning period, among the nozzles 118 illustrated in FIG. 8, the X coordinate of the second nozzle 118 from the upper left is made to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. As a result, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 8, the X coordinate of the third nozzle 118 from the left in the lower row coincides with the X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range. Such relative movement of the nozzle 118 is performed by at least one of the first position control device 102 and the second position control device in accordance with a signal from the control unit 112. Hereinafter, the nozzle 118 positioned at the X coordinate X1 is referred to as a nozzle 118A. The nozzle 118 located at the X coordinate X2 is referred to as a nozzle 118B. In FIG. 8, the nozzle 118A and the nozzle 118B are indicated by black circles. Note that the difference between the X coordinate X1 and the X coordinate X2 is approximately 70 μm. This distance is the same as the distance in the X-axis direction between the two nozzles 118 having the shortest distance between each other.

By the way, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the “scanning period” means that one side of the carriage 103 is arranged in the Y-axis direction in order to apply the material to all of the plurality of discharged portions 18R arranged in the Y-axis direction. A period in which the relative movement is performed once from one end E1 (or the other end E2) to the other end E2 (or one end E1) of the scanning range 134. Further, in the present embodiment, the scanning range 134 means a range in which one side of the carriage 103 relatively moves before the color filter material 111R is applied to all of the ejection target portions 18R included in the matrix 18M. However, in some cases, the term “scanning range” may mean a range in which one nozzle 118 relatively moves, may mean a range in which one nozzle row 116 moves relatively, or one head. 114 may mean a range in which relative movement is performed. The matrix 18M is a matrix formed by the discharged portions 18R, 18G, and 18B. In addition, the relative movement of the carriage 103, the head 114, or the nozzle 118 means that their relative positions with respect to the ejection target 18R change. Therefore, even when the carriage 103, the head 114, or the nozzle 118 is absolutely stationary and only the ejected portion 18R is moved by the stage 106, it is expressed that the carriage 103, the head 114, or the nozzle 118 is relatively moved. .

  When the first scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to move relative to one end E1 of the scanning range 134 in the positive direction in the Y-axis direction (upward in the drawing). In this case, the nozzle 118A relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118A continues to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. Similarly, the nozzle 118B relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118B continues to coincide with the second X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range. Then, when the nozzle 118A and the nozzle 118B enter the region corresponding to the discharged portion 18R within the first scanning period, the corresponding discharge portions 127 are colored from the nozzle 118A and the nozzle 118B. The filter material 111R is discharged. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, for each of the nozzle 118A and the nozzle 118B, eight landing positions arranged at intervals DY within the Y coordinate range are set in advance. Therefore, the color filter material 111R is ejected eight times from the nozzle 118A to one ejection target 18R within the first scanning period. Similarly, the color filter material 111R is ejected eight times from the nozzle 118B to the one portion to be ejected 18R within the first scanning period.

  In the drawings, the landing positions are indicated by circles. The size of the circle indicating the landing position represents the volume (that is, the ejection amount) of the color filter material 111R ejected by one ejection. In this embodiment, the color filter material 111R having the same volume is discharged by any discharge. For this reason, the sizes of the circles indicating the landing positions are all equal. However, of course, the discharge amount may be appropriately changed according to the landing position.

  During the first scanning period, not only one discharged portion 18 shown in FIG. 8 but also another discharged portion 18R located in the same X coordinate range as the discharged portion 18R of FIG. Similarly, the color filter material 111R is discharged from the nozzle 118A and the nozzle 118B.

  According to the above method, the liquid color filter material 111R is discharged to the discharged portion 18R from at least two nozzles 118 located at different X coordinates within the X coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R. For this reason, the range in which each droplet spreads and spreads in the X-axis direction from each landing position can be small. As a result, even if the discharged color filter material 111R is slow to spread and spread on the discharged portion 18R, the X coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R is covered by the discharged color filter material 111R. Since the discharge operation is performed a plurality of times within the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R, the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R is also sufficiently covered by the discharged color filter material 111R.

(A2: second scanning period)
Before the second scanning period following the first scanning period, among the nozzles 118 illustrated in FIG. 9, the X coordinate of the leftmost nozzle 118 in the upper stage is made to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. As a result, among the nozzles 118 illustrated in FIG. 9, the X coordinate of the second nozzle 118 from the left in the lower row matches the X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range. Hereinafter, the nozzle 118 located at the X coordinate X1 is referred to as a nozzle 118C. The nozzle 118 located at the X coordinate X2 is referred to as a nozzle 118D. Further, in FIG. 9, the nozzle 118C and the nozzle 118D are indicated by black circles.

  When the second scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to move relative to the negative direction (downward in the drawing) in the Y-axis direction from the other end E2 of the scanning range 134. In this case, the nozzle 118C relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118C continues to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. Similarly, the nozzle 118D relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118D continues to coincide with the second X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range. When the nozzle 118C and the nozzle 118D enter the region corresponding to the discharged portion 18R within the second scanning period, the corresponding discharge portions 127 are colored from the nozzle 118C and the nozzle 118D. The filter material 111R is discharged. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, eight landing positions arranged at intervals DY within the Y coordinate range are set in advance for each of the nozzle 118C and the nozzle 118D. However, each of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118C is located approximately between the landing positions set for the nozzle 118A. Similarly, each of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118D is located between the landing positions set for the nozzle 118B. Note that not only the landing position in the second scanning period is positioned between the landing positions in the first scanning period, but also the material discharged in the second scanning period is applied by the first scanning period. It may be landed so as to overlap the material. Then, a more uniform layer can be formed.

  According to the above method, the landing positions of the color filter material 111R discharged within the second scanning period are between the landing positions within the first scanning period. For this reason, the combination of the first scanning period and the second scanning period can further reduce the range in which each droplet spreads in the Y-axis direction from each landing position. As a result, even if the discharged color filter material 111R is slow to spread and spread on the discharged portion 18R, the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R is sufficiently covered by the color filter material 111R.

As described above, the color filter material 111R is ejected eight times from the nozzle 118C to one ejection target 18R within the second scanning period. Similarly, the color filter material 111R is ejected eight times from the nozzle 118D to the one portion to be ejected 18R within the second scanning period.

  According to the coating scan (A), the liquid color filter material 111R is ejected 32 times to one ejection target portion 18 in the first scanning period and the second scanning period.

  Further, according to the application scanning (A), the manufacturing method performed by the discharge device 100R is the first step of positioning the discharged portion 18 on the stage 106, and the relative movement of the nozzle 118A and the nozzle 118B with respect to the discharged portion 18. And a second step. In the second step, during the first scanning period, the nozzle 118A is relatively moved in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118A continues to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range, and the second step is performed. A step of discharging the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118A to the discharge portion 18R is included. Further, in the second step, the nozzle 118B is relatively moved in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118B continues to coincide with the second X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range within the first scanning period. A step of discharging the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118B to the discharged portion 18R is included.

  As described above, the application scan for one discharged portion 18R is completed. Further, the color filter material 111R is applied to all of the discharged portions 18R on the substrate 10A by applying and scanning the other discharged portions 18R as in FIGS.

Application scan (B)
(B1: first scanning period)
In the example shown in FIGS. 11 to 14, four scanning periods pass until a desired amount of color filter material 111 </ b> R is ejected to one ejection target 18 </ b> R. However, the color filter material 111R is discharged from one nozzle 118 to one discharged portion 18R every scanning period. Further, the color filter material 111R is ejected from different nozzles 118 to one nozzle 18R for each scanning period.

  First, before the first scanning period, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 11, the X coordinate of the second nozzle 118 from the left in the upper stage is made to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. In the description of the application scanning (B), the nozzle 118 positioned at the X coordinate X1 is referred to as a nozzle 118A. In FIG. 11, the nozzle 118A is indicated by a black circle.

  When the first scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to move relative to one end E1 of the scanning range 134 in the positive direction in the Y-axis direction (upward in the drawing). In this case, the nozzle 118A relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118A continues to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. Then, when the nozzle 118A enters the region corresponding to the discharge target 18R within the first scanning period, the corresponding discharge unit 127 discharges the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118A. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, eight landing positions arranged at intervals DY within the Y coordinate range are set in advance for the nozzle 118A. Accordingly, the color filter material 111R is ejected eight times from the nozzle 118 to one ejection target 18R within the first scanning period.

  In the present embodiment, not only one discharged portion 18 shown in FIG. 11 but also other discharged objects located in the same X coordinate range as the discharged portion 18R of FIG. 11 within the first scanning period. Similarly, the color filter material 111R is discharged from the first nozzle 118 to the portion 18R.

(B2: second scanning period)
Next, before the second scanning period, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 12, the X coordinate of the second nozzle 118 from the lower left is matched with the X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range. Hereinafter, the nozzle 118 positioned at the X coordinate X2 is referred to as a nozzle 118B. In FIG. 12, the nozzle 118B is indicated by a black circle.

  When the second scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to move relative to the negative direction (downward in the drawing) in the Y-axis direction from the other end E2 of the scanning range 134. In this case, the nozzle 118B relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118B continues to coincide with the X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range. Then, when the nozzle 118B enters the region corresponding to the portion to be discharged 18R within the second scanning period, the corresponding discharge portion 127 discharges the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118B. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, eight landing positions arranged at intervals DY within the Y coordinate range are set in advance for the nozzle 118B. However, each of the Y coordinates of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118B is located between the Y coordinates of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118A. As described above, the color filter material 111R is ejected eight times from the nozzle 118B to one ejection target 18R within the second scanning period.

(B3: third scanning period)
Next, before the third scanning period, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 13, the X coordinate of the uppermost leftmost nozzle 118 is made to coincide with the X coordinate X3 in the X coordinate range. Hereinafter, the nozzle 118 positioned at the X coordinate X3 is referred to as a nozzle 118C. In FIG. 13, the nozzle 118C is indicated by a black circle.

  When the third scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to move relative to one end E1 of the scanning range 134 in the positive direction in the Y-axis direction (upward in the drawing). In this case, the nozzle 118C relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118C continues to coincide with the X coordinate X3 within the X coordinate range. Then, when the nozzle 118C enters the region corresponding to the discharge target 18R within the third scanning period, the corresponding discharge unit 127 discharges the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118B. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, eight landing positions arranged at intervals DY within the Y coordinate range are set in advance for the nozzle 118C. However, each of the Y coordinates of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118C is located between the Y coordinates of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118B. Further, the Y coordinates of the plurality of landing positions for the nozzle 118C are the same as the Y coordinates of the plurality of landing positions set for the nozzle 118A. As described above, the color filter material 111R is ejected eight times from the nozzle 118C to one ejection target 18R within the third scanning period.

(B4: fourth scanning period)
Next, before the fourth scanning period, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 14, the X coordinate of the leftmost nozzle 118 in the lower stage is matched with the X coordinate X4 within the X coordinate range. Hereinafter, the nozzle 118 positioned at the X coordinate X4 is referred to as a nozzle 118D. In FIG. 14, the nozzle 118D is indicated by a black circle.

  When the fourth scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to relatively move from the other end E2 of the scanning range 134 in the negative direction (downward in the drawing) in the Y-axis direction. In this case, the nozzle 118D relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118D continues to coincide with the X coordinate X4 within the X coordinate range. Then, when the nozzle 118D enters the region corresponding to the discharged portion 18R within the fourth scanning period, the corresponding discharging portion 127 discharges the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118B. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14, eight landing positions arranged at intervals DY within the Y coordinate range are set in advance for the nozzle 118D. However, each of the Y coordinates of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118D is located between each of the Y coordinates of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118C. In addition, the Y coordinates of the plurality of landing positions for the nozzle 118D are the same as the Y coordinates of the plurality of landing positions set for the nozzle 118B. In this way, the color filter material 111R is ejected eight times from the nozzle 118D to one ejection target 18R within the fourth scanning period.

  According to the application scan (B), the liquid color filter material 111R is 32 in one discharged portion 18 by the first scan period, the second scan period, the third scan period, and the fourth scan period. It is discharged twice.

  Further, according to the coating scan (B), the manufacturing method performed by the discharge device 100R is the first step of positioning the discharged portion 18 on the stage 106, and the nozzle 118A and the nozzle 118B are moved relative to the discharged portion 18. And a second step. In the second step, during the first scanning period, the nozzle 118A is relatively moved in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118A continues to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range, and the second step is performed. A step of discharging the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118A to the discharge portion 18R is included. Further, in the second step, the nozzle 118B is relatively moved in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118B continues to coincide with the second X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range within the second scanning period. A step of discharging the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118B to the discharged portion 18R is included.

  According to the above method, the liquid color filter material 111R is discharged to the discharged portion 18R from at least two nozzles 118 located at different X coordinates within the X coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R. For this reason, the range in which each droplet spreads and spreads in the X-axis direction from each landing position can be small. As a result, even if the discharged color filter material 111R is slow to spread and spread on the discharged portion 18R, the X coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R is covered by the discharged color filter material 111R. Since the discharge operation is performed a plurality of times within the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R, the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R is also sufficiently covered by the discharged color filter material 111R.

  As described above, the application scan for one discharged portion 18R is completed. Further, the color filter material 111R is applied to all of the discharged portions 18R on the substrate 10A by applying and scanning the other discharged portions 18R in the same manner as described with reference to FIGS. Is done.

Application scan (C)
(C1: first scanning period)
In the example shown in FIGS. 15 to 18, eight scanning periods pass until a desired amount of the color filter material 111R is discharged to one discharge target portion 18R. However, the color filter material 111R is ejected four times from one nozzle 118 to one ejection target 18R for each scanning period. Furthermore, the color filter material 111R is discharged from one different nozzle 118 to one discharged portion 18R for each scanning period.

  First, before the first scanning period, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 15, the X coordinate of the second nozzle 118 from the left in the upper stage is matched with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. Therefore, in the following, the nozzle 118 located at the X coordinate X1 is referred to as a nozzle 118A. In FIG. 15, the nozzle 118A is indicated by a black circle.

  When the first scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to move relative to one end E1 of the scanning range 134 in the positive direction in the Y-axis direction (upward in the drawing). In this case, the nozzle 118A relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118A continues to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. Then, when the nozzle 118A enters the region corresponding to the discharge target 18R within the first scanning period, the corresponding discharge unit 127 discharges the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118A. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15, four landing positions arranged in the Y coordinate range at intervals of 2DY are set in advance for the nozzle 118A. The length of the interval 2DY is twice as long as the interval DY employed in the application scans (A) and (B). Therefore, the color filter material 111R is ejected four times from the nozzle 118A to one ejection target 18R within the first scanning period.

  Within the first scanning period, not only one discharged portion 18 shown in FIG. 15 but also another discharged portion 18R located in the same X coordinate range as the discharged portion 18R of FIG. Similarly, the color filter material 111R is discharged from the nozzle 118A.

(C2: second scanning period)
Next, before the second scanning period, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 16, the X coordinate of the second nozzle 118 from the lower left side is made to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. Hereinafter, the nozzle 118 positioned at the X coordinate X1 is referred to as a nozzle 118B. In FIG. 16, the nozzle 118B is indicated by a black circle.

  When the second scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to move relative to the negative direction (downward in the drawing) in the Y-axis direction from the other end E2 of the scanning range 134. In this case, the nozzle 118B relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118B continues to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. Then, when the nozzle 118B enters the region corresponding to the portion to be discharged 18R within the second scanning period, the corresponding discharge portion 127 discharges the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118B. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, four landing positions arranged in the Y coordinate range with an interval of 2DY are set in advance for the nozzle 118B. However, each of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118B is located between each of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118A. In this way, the color filter material 111R is ejected four times from the nozzle 118B to one ejection target 18R within the second scanning period.

(C3: third scanning period)
Next, before the third scanning period, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 17, the X coordinate of the uppermost leftmost nozzle 118 is made to coincide with the X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range. Hereinafter, the nozzle 118 positioned at the X coordinate X2 is referred to as a nozzle 118C. In FIG. 17, the nozzle 118C is indicated by a black circle.

  When the third scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to relatively move from the other end E2 of the scanning range 134 in the positive direction in the Y-axis direction (upward in the drawing). In this case, the nozzle 118C relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118C continues to coincide with the X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range. Then, when the nozzle 118C enters the region corresponding to the discharge target 18R within the third scanning period, the corresponding discharge unit 127 discharges the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118B. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 17, four landing positions arranged in the Y coordinate range at intervals of 2DY are set in advance for the nozzle 118 </ b> C. However, each of the Y coordinates of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118C does not overlap with the Y coordinates of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118A and the nozzle 118B. As described above, the color filter material 111R is ejected four times from the nozzle 118C to one ejection target 18R within the third scanning period.

(C4: fourth scanning period)
Next, before the fourth scanning period, among the nozzles 118 shown in FIG. 18, the X coordinate of the leftmost nozzle 118 in the lower stage is made to coincide with the X coordinate X2 in the X coordinate range. Hereinafter, the nozzle 118 located at the X coordinate X2 is referred to as a nozzle 118D. In FIG. 18, the nozzle 118D is indicated by a black circle.

  When the fourth scanning period starts, the carriage 103 starts to relatively move from the other end E2 of the scanning range 134 in the negative direction (downward in the drawing) in the Y-axis direction. In this case, the nozzle 118D relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118D continues to coincide with the X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range. Then, when the nozzle 118D enters the region corresponding to the discharged portion 18R within the fourth scanning period, the corresponding discharging portion 127 discharges the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118B. In the present embodiment, the color filter material 111R is discharged so that the droplets of the color filter material 111R land at a plurality of landing positions that are substantially evenly arranged in the Y-axis direction in the discharged portion 18R. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 18, four landing positions arranged in the Y coordinate range with an interval of 2DY are set in advance for the nozzle 118D. However, each of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118D is located between each of the landing positions set for the nozzle 118C. As described above, the color filter material 111R is ejected four times from the nozzle 118C to one ejection target 18R within the fourth scanning period.

  In the subsequent fifth scanning period, sixth scanning period, seventh scanning period, and eighth scanning period, as shown in FIG. 19, four different nozzles 118 are used, and the X coordinate of the ejection target 18R is used. Application scanning is performed on the portion represented by the X coordinates X3 and X4 within the range in the same manner as in the above (C1) to (C4).

  According to the coating scan (C), the liquid color filter material 111R is ejected 32 times to one ejection target portion 18 during the first to eighth scan periods.

  Further, according to the coating scan (C), the manufacturing method performed by the discharge device 100R includes the first step of positioning the discharged portion 18 on the stage 106, and the relative movement of the nozzle 118A and the nozzle 118C with respect to the discharged portion 18. And a second step. In the second step, during the first scanning period, the nozzle 118A is relatively moved in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118A continues to coincide with the X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range, and the second step is performed. A step of discharging the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118A to the discharge portion 18R is included. Further, in the second step, the nozzle 118C is relatively moved in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118C continues to coincide with the second X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range within the second scanning period. A step of discharging the color filter material 111R from the nozzle 118C to the discharge target portion 18R is included.

  According to the above method, the liquid color filter material 111R is discharged to the discharged portion 18R from at least two nozzles 118 located at different X coordinates within the X coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R. For this reason, the range in which each droplet spreads and spreads in the X-axis direction from each landing position can be small. As a result, even if the discharged color filter material 111R is slow to spread and spread on the discharged portion 18R, the X coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R is covered by the discharged color filter material 111R. Since the discharge operation is performed a plurality of times within the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R, the Y coordinate range of the discharged portion 18R is also sufficiently covered by the discharged color filter material 111R.

  Further, the color filter material 111R is discharged from eight nozzles 118 (that is, eight discharge portions 127) to one discharge target portion 18. For this reason, the variation in the discharge amount between the nozzles hardly appears as the variation in the volume of the color filter layer 111FR. This is because the more nozzles contribute to the application scan of one discharged portion 18R, the higher the possibility that an error in the discharge amount from the nozzles is offset.

  In this way, the application scan for one discharged portion 18R is completed. Further, the color filter material 111R is applied to all of the discharged portions 18R on the substrate 10A by applying and scanning the other discharged portions 18R in the same manner as described with reference to FIGS. Is done.

  In the above, only the process of applying the color filter material 111R to the discharged portion 18R has been described. Below, a series of processes until the color filter substrate 10 is obtained by the manufacturing apparatus 1 will be described.

  First, the substrate 10A of FIG. 1 is prepared according to the following procedure. First, a metal thin film is formed on the support substrate 12 by sputtering or vapor deposition. Thereafter, a lattice-like black matrix 14 is formed from the metal thin film by a photolithography process. Examples of the material of the black matrix 14 are metal chromium and chromium oxide. Note that the support substrate 12 is a substrate having optical transparency with respect to visible light, for example, a glass substrate. Subsequently, a resist layer made of a negative photosensitive resin composition is applied so as to cover the support substrate 12 and the black matrix 14. Then, the resist layer is exposed while closely contacting the mask film formed in a matrix pattern shape on the resist layer. Thereafter, the bank 16 is obtained by removing an unexposed portion of the resist layer by an etching process. Through the above steps, the substrate 10A is obtained.

  In place of the bank 16, a bank made of resin black may be used. In that case, the metal thin film (black matrix 14) is not required, and the bank layer is only one layer.

  Next, the substrate 10A is made lyophilic by oxygen plasma treatment under atmospheric pressure. By this processing, the surface of the support substrate 12, the surface of the black matrix 14, the surface of the bank 16, and the recesses defined by the support substrate 12, the black matrix 14, and the bank 16 (part of the pixel region) The surface becomes lyophilic. Further, after that, plasma treatment using tetrafluoromethane as a processing gas is performed on the substrate 10A. By the plasma treatment using tetrafluoromethane, the surface of the bank 16 in each recess is fluorinated (treated to be liquid repellent), whereby the surface of the bank 16 becomes liquid repellent. Note that the surface of the support substrate 12 and the surface of the black matrix 14 to which lyophilicity was previously imparted by plasma treatment using tetrafluoromethane slightly lose lyophilicity, but these surfaces are still lyophilic. maintain. In this way, the surface of the recess is subjected to predetermined surface treatment on the surface of the recess defined by the support substrate 12, the black matrix 14, and the bank 16, so that the surface of the recess becomes the discharged portions 18 R, 18 G, 18 B Become. Depending on the material of the support substrate 12, the material of the black matrix 14, and the material of the bank 16, a surface exhibiting desired lyophilicity and liquid repellency can be obtained without performing the above surface treatment. There is also. In such a case, the surfaces of the recesses defined by the support substrate 12, the black matrix 14, and the bank 16 are the discharged portions 18R, 18G, and 18B without performing the surface treatment.

  The substrate 10A on which the discharged portions 18R, 18G, and 18B are formed is carried to the stage 106 of the discharge device 100R by the transport device 170. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 20A, the ejection device 100R ejects the color filter material 111R from the head 114 so that the layer of the color filter material 111R is formed on all of the ejection target portions 18R. The method for applying and scanning the color filter material 111R of the discharge device 100R is any one of the above-described application scans (A), (B), and (C). When the layer of the color filter material 111R is formed on all of the discharged portions 18R of the substrate 10A, the transport device 170 positions the substrate 10A in the drying device 150R. Then, the filter layer 111FR is obtained on the discharged portion 18R by completely drying the color filter material 111R on the discharged portion 18R.

  Next, the transfer device 170 positions the substrate 10A on the stage 106 of the discharge device 100G. Then, as shown in FIG. 20B, the ejection device 100G ejects the color filter material 111G from the head 114 so that the layer of the color filter material 111G is formed on the entire ejection target 18G. The method of applying and scanning the color filter material 111G of the discharge device 100G is any one of the above-described application scans (A), (B), and (C). When the layer of the color filter material 111G is formed on all of the discharged portions 18G of the substrate 10A, the transport device 170 positions the substrate 10A in the drying device 150G. Then, the filter layer 111FG is obtained on the discharged portion 18G by completely drying the color filter material 111G on the discharged portion 18G.

  Next, the transfer device 170 positions the substrate 10A on the stage 106 of the discharge device 100B. Then, as shown in FIG. 20C, the ejection device 100B ejects the color filter material 111B from the head 114 so that the layer of the color filter material 111B is formed on all of the ejected portions 18B. The method of applying and scanning the color filter material 111B of the discharge device 100B is any one of the above-described application scanning (A), (B), and (C). When the layer of the color filter material 111B is formed on all of the discharged portions 18B of the substrate 10A, the transport device 170 positions the substrate 10A in the drying device 150B. Then, the filter layer 111FB is obtained on the discharged portion 18B by completely drying the color filter material 111B on the discharged portion 18B.

  Next, the transfer device 170 positions the substrate 10 </ b> A in the oven 160. Thereafter, the oven 160 reheats (post-bake) the filter layers 111FR, 111FG, and 111FB.

  Next, the transfer device 170 positions the substrate 10A on the stage 106 of the discharge device 100C. Then, the ejection device 100C ejects a liquid protective film material so that the protective film 16 is formed so as to cover the filter layers 111FR, 111FG, 111FB and the bank 16. After the protective film 16 covering the filter layers 111FR, 111FG, 111FB and the bank 16 is formed, the transfer device 170 positions the substrate 10A in the oven 150C. Then, after the oven 150C completely dries the protective film 16, the curing device 165 heats the protective film 16 and completely cures, whereby the substrate 10A becomes the color filter substrate 10.

  In summary, according to the present embodiment, each of the ejection devices 100R, 100G, and 100B included in the manufacturing apparatus 1 is an ejection device that applies a liquid material to an ejection target portion that is determined by an X coordinate range and a Y coordinate range. Each of the discharge devices 100R, 100G, and 100B includes a stage 106 that determines the position of the discharge target portion 18R, a first discharge portion 127 having a nozzle 118A that can discharge a material, and a nozzle 118B that can discharge a material. The stage 106 so that the nozzles 118A and 118B move relative to the ejection target 18 and the carriage 103 that holds the second ejection part 127, the first ejection part 127, and the second ejection part 127. And a scanning unit that relatively moves the carriage 103. Here, in the present embodiment, the first position control device 104 and the second position control device 108 are examples of the scanning unit. In each of the ejection devices 100R, 100G, and 100B, the nozzle 118A is relatively moved in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118A continues to coincide with the first X coordinate X1 within the X coordinate range. The first discharge section 127 discharges material from the nozzle 118A to the discharge target section 18R. On the other hand, during the period in which the nozzle 118B relatively moves in the Y-axis direction so that the X coordinate of the nozzle 118B continues to coincide with the X coordinate X2 within the X coordinate range, the second discharge unit 127 is discharged from the nozzle 118B. Material is discharged to the portion 18R.

  According to the present embodiment, the liquid color filter material is discharged to one discharged portion from two nozzles positioned at different X coordinates within the X coordinate range of one discharged portion. For this reason, it is only necessary to reduce the range in which each droplet is spread from each landing position before the entire area of one discharged portion is covered with the discharged color filter material. As a result, even if the discharged color filter material spreads slowly, the discharged portion is completely covered with the discharged color filter material. Therefore, a manufacturing apparatus capable of forming a uniform layer on the discharged portion is obtained.

  Further, a plurality of nozzles discharge a liquid color filter material to one discharge target portion. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the non-uniformity in the discharge amount between the nozzles appears as the non-uniformity between the volumes of the final color filter material discharged to the respective portions to be discharged.

  Next, the example which applied this invention to the manufacturing apparatus of an electroluminescent display apparatus is demonstrated.

  A substrate 30A shown in FIGS. 21A and 21B is a substrate that becomes the electroluminescence display device 30 by processing by the manufacturing apparatus 2 (FIG. 22) described later. The substrate 30A has a plurality of discharged portions 38R, 38G, and 38B arranged in a matrix.

  Specifically, the substrate 30A includes a support substrate 32, a circuit element layer 34 formed on the support substrate 32, a plurality of pixel electrodes 36 formed on the circuit element layer 34, and a plurality of pixel electrodes 36. And a bank 40 formed therebetween. The support substrate is a substrate having optical transparency to visible light, for example, a glass substrate. Each of the plurality of pixel electrodes 36 is an electrode having optical transparency with respect to visible light, for example, an ITO (Indium-Tin Oxide) electrode. The plurality of pixel electrodes 36 are arranged in a matrix on the circuit element layer 34, and each define a pixel region. The bank 40 has a lattice shape and surrounds each of the plurality of pixel electrodes 36. The bank 40 includes an inorganic bank 40A formed on the circuit element layer 34 and an organic bank 40B positioned on the inorganic bank 40A.

  The circuit element layer 34 includes a plurality of scan electrodes extending in a predetermined direction on the support substrate 32, an insulating film 42 formed so as to cover the plurality of scan electrodes, and a plurality of scan electrodes positioned on the insulating film 42. A plurality of signal electrodes extending in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the electrodes extend, a plurality of switching elements 44 located near the intersections of the scan electrodes and the signal electrodes, and polyimide formed so as to cover the plurality of switching elements 44 And an interlayer insulating film 45. The gate electrode 44G and the source electrode 44S of each switching element 44 are electrically connected to the corresponding scan electrode and the corresponding signal electrode, respectively. A plurality of pixel electrodes 36 are located on the interlayer insulating film 45. The interlayer insulating film 45 is provided with a through hole 44V at a portion corresponding to the drain electrode 44D of each switching element 44, and the switching element 44 and the corresponding pixel electrode 36 are connected via the through hole 44V. An electrical connection is formed. Each switching element 44 is located at a position corresponding to the bank 40. That is, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 20B, each of the plurality of switching elements 44 is positioned so as to be covered by the bank 40.

  A recess (a part of the pixel region) defined by the pixel electrode 36 and the bank 40 of the substrate 30A corresponds to the discharged portion 38R, the discharged portion 38G, and the discharged portion 38B. The discharged portion 38R is a region where the light emitting layer 211FR that emits light in the red wavelength region is to be formed, and the discharged portion 38G is formed with the light emitting layer 211FG that emits light in the green wavelength region. The ejected portion 38B is a region where the light emitting layer 211GB that emits light in the blue wavelength region is to be formed.

  The substrate 30A shown in FIG. 21B is located in parallel with a virtual plane defined by the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. The row direction and the column direction of the matrix formed by the plurality of ejected portions 38R, 38G, and 38B are parallel to the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, respectively. In the substrate 30A, the discharged portion 38R, the discharged portion 38G, and the discharged portion 38B are periodically arranged in this order in the X-axis direction. On the other hand, the discharged parts 38R are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y-axis direction, and the discharged parts 38G are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y-axis direction, Similarly, the discharged parts 38B are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y-axis direction.

  The interval LRX along the X-axis direction between the discharged portions 38R is approximately 560 μm. This interval is the same as the interval LGX along the X-axis direction between the discharged portions 38G, and is the same as the interval LBX along the X-axis direction between the discharged portions 18B. Further, the length of the discharged portion 38R in the X-axis direction is approximately 100 μm, and the length in the Y-axis direction is approximately 300 μm. The discharged portion 38G and the discharged portion 38B have the same size as the discharged portion 38R. The distance between the discharged parts and the size of the discharged parts correspond to the distance between pixel regions corresponding to the same color in a high-definition television having a size of about 40 inches.

  The manufacturing apparatus 2 shown in FIG. 22 is an apparatus that discharges a corresponding light emitting material to each of the discharged portions 38R, 38G, and 38B of the substrate 30A in FIG. The manufacturing apparatus 2 includes a discharge device 200R for applying the light emitting material 211R to all of the discharged portions 38R, a drying device 250R for drying the light emitting material 211R on the discharged portions 38R, and a light emitting material 211G for all of the discharged portions 38G. , A drying device 250G for drying the light emitting material 211G on the discharged portion 38G, a discharging device 200B for applying the light emitting material 211B to all of the discharged portions 38B, and the light emission on the discharged portion 38B. A drying device 250B for drying the material B. The manufacturing apparatus 2 further includes a transport device 270 that transports the substrate 30A in the order of the discharge device 200R, the drying device 250R, the discharge device 200G, the drying device 250G, the discharge device 200B, and the drying device 250B.

  A discharge device 200R illustrated in FIG. 23 includes a tank 201R that holds a liquid light-emitting material 211R, and a discharge scanning unit 102 that is supplied with the light-emitting material 211R from the tank 201R via a tube 210R. Since the configuration of the ejection scanning unit 102 is the same as the configuration of the ejection scanning unit 102 (FIG. 3) of the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and redundant description is omitted. Further, the configuration of the ejection device 200G and the configuration of the ejection device 200B are both basically the same as the configuration of the ejection device 200R. However, the configuration of the ejection device 200G is different from the configuration of the ejection device 200R in that the ejection device 200G includes a tank for the light emitting material 211G instead of the tank 201R in the ejection device 200R. Similarly, the configuration of the ejection device 200B is different from the configuration of the ejection device 200R in that the ejection device 200B includes a tank for the light emitting material 201B instead of the tank 201R.

  A method for manufacturing the electroluminescence display device 30 using the manufacturing apparatus 2 will be described. First, a substrate 30A shown in FIG. 21 is manufactured using a known film forming technique and patterning technique.

  Next, the substrate 30A is made lyophilic by oxygen plasma treatment under atmospheric pressure. By this processing, the surface of the pixel electrode 36, the surface of the inorganic bank 40A, and the surface of the organic bank 40B in the respective recesses (a part of the pixel region) defined by the pixel electrode 36 and the bank 40 are made lyophilic. Present. Further, thereafter, a plasma process using tetrafluoromethane as a process gas is performed on the substrate 30A. By the plasma treatment using tetrafluoromethane, the surface of the organic bank 40B in each recess is fluorinated (treated to be liquid repellent) so that the surface of the organic bank 40B exhibits liquid repellency. Become. Note that the surface of the pixel electrode 36 and the surface of the inorganic bank 40A previously given lyophilicity by plasma treatment using tetrafluoromethane lose some lyophilicity, but still maintain lyophilicity. . As described above, the surface of the concave portion defined by the pixel electrode 36 and the bank 40 is subjected to a predetermined surface treatment, so that the surface of the concave portion becomes the discharged portions 38R, 38G, and 38B. Depending on the material of the pixel electrode 36, the material of the inorganic bank 40, and the material of the organic bank 40, a surface exhibiting desired lyophilicity and liquid repellency can be obtained without performing the above surface treatment. Sometimes. In such a case, even if the surface treatment is not performed, the surfaces of the recesses defined by the pixel electrodes 36 and the banks 40 are the discharged portions 38R, 38G, and 38B.

  Here, the corresponding hole transport layers 37R, 37G, and 37B may be formed on each of the plurality of pixel electrodes 36 subjected to the surface treatment. If the hole transport layers 37R, 37G, and 37B are positioned between the pixel electrode 36 and light emitting layers 211RF, 211GF, and 211BF, which will be described later, the light emission efficiency of the electroluminescence display device is increased. When a hole transport layer is provided on each of the plurality of pixel electrodes 36, the recesses defined by the hole transport layer and the bank 40 correspond to the discharged portions 38R, 38G, and 38B.

  Note that the hole transport layers 37R, 37G, and 37B can be formed by an inkjet method. In this case, the hole transport layer can be formed by applying a predetermined amount of a solution containing a material for forming the hole transport layers 37R, 37G, and 37B to each pixel region and then drying the solution.

  The substrate 30A on which the discharged portions 38R, 38G, and 38B are formed is carried to the stage 106 of the discharge device 200R by the transfer device 270. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 24A, the ejection device 200R ejects the light emitting material 211R from the head 114 so that the layer of the light emitting material 211R is formed on all of the ejection target portions 38R. The application scan of the light emitting material 211R performed by the ejection device 200R is the same as any one of the application scans (A), (B), and (C) in the first embodiment. When the layer of the light emitting material 211R is formed on all of the discharged portions 38R of the substrate 30A, the transfer device 270 positions the substrate 30A in the drying device 250R. Then, by completely drying the light emitting material 211R on the discharge target R, the light emitting layer 211FR is obtained on the discharge target 38R.

  Next, the transport device 270 positions the substrate 30A on the stage 106 of the ejection device 200G. Then, as illustrated in FIG. 24B, the ejection device 200G ejects the light emitting material G from the head 114 so that the layer of the light emitting material 211G is formed on the entire ejection target 38G. The application scan of the luminescent material 211G performed by the ejection device 200G is the same as any one of the application scans (A), (B), and (C) in the first embodiment. When the layer of the light emitting material 211G is formed on all of the discharged portions 38G of the substrate 30A, the transfer device 270 positions the substrate 30A in the drying device 250G. Then, by completely drying the light emitting material G on the discharged portion 38G, the light emitting layer 211FG is obtained on the discharged portion 38G.

  Next, the transfer device 270 positions the substrate 30A on the stage 106 of the discharge device 200B. Then, as shown in FIG. 24C, the ejection device 200B ejects the light emitting material B from the head 114 so that the layer of the light emitting material 211B is formed on the entire portion to be ejected 38B. The application scan of the light emitting material 211B performed by the ejection device 200B is the same as any one of the application scans (A), (B), and (C) in the first embodiment. When the layer of the luminescent material B is formed on all of the discharged portions 38B of the substrate 30A, the transport device 270 positions the substrate 30A in the drying device 250B. Then, by completely drying the light emitting material 211B on the discharged portion 38B, the light emitting layer 211FB is obtained on the discharged portion 38B.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 24D, the counter electrode 46 is provided so as to cover the light emitting layers 211FR, 211FG, 211FB and the bank 40. The counter electrode 46 functions as a cathode. Then, the electroluminescent display apparatus 30 shown in FIG.24 (d) is obtained by adhere | attaching the sealing substrate 48 and the board | substrate 30A in a mutual peripheral part. An inert gas 49 is enclosed between the sealing substrate 48 and the substrate 30A.

  In the electroluminescence display device 50, light emitted from the light emitting layers 211FR, 211FG, and 211FB is emitted through the pixel electrode 36, the circuit element layer 34, and the support substrate 32. The electroluminescence display device that emits light through the circuit element layer 34 in this manner is called a bottom emission type display device.

  According to the present embodiment, a liquid light emitting material is discharged to one discharged portion from two nozzles positioned at different X coordinates within the X coordinate range of one discharged portion. For this reason, it is only necessary to reduce the range in which each droplet is spread from each landing position until the entire region of one discharged portion is covered by the discharged light emitting material. As a result, even when the discharged light emitting material spreads slowly, the discharged portion is completely covered with the discharged light emitting material. Therefore, a manufacturing apparatus capable of forming a uniform layer on the discharged portion is obtained.

  Further, a plurality of nozzles discharge a liquid light emitting material to one discharge target portion. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the non-uniformity in the discharge amount between the nozzles appears as the non-uniformity between the volumes of the final light emitting materials discharged to the respective discharge target portions.

  An example in which the present invention is applied to an apparatus for manufacturing a back substrate of a plasma display device will be described.

  A substrate 50A shown in FIGS. 25A and 25B is a substrate that becomes a back substrate 50B of the plasma display device by processing by the manufacturing apparatus 3 (FIG. 26) described later. The substrate 50A has a plurality of discharged portions 58R, 58G, 58B arranged in a matrix.

  Specifically, the substrate 50A includes a support substrate 52, a plurality of address electrodes 54 formed in a stripe shape on the support substrate 52, a dielectric glass layer 56 formed so as to cover the address electrodes 54, a lattice And a partition wall 60 having a shape and defining a plurality of pixel regions. The plurality of pixel regions are located in a matrix, and each column of the matrix formed by the plurality of pixel regions corresponds to each of the plurality of address electrodes 54. Such a substrate 50A is formed by a known screen printing technique.

  In each pixel region of the substrate 50A, the recesses defined by the dielectric glass layer 56 and the bank correspond to the discharged portion 58R, the discharged portion 58G, and the discharged portion 58B. The discharged portion 58R is a region where the fluorescent layer 311FR that fluoresces the light in the red wavelength region is to be formed, and the discharged portion 58G is formed of the fluorescent layer 311FG that fluoresces the light in the green wavelength region. The discharged portion 58B is a region where a fluorescent layer 311FB that fluoresces light in the blue wavelength region is to be formed.

  The substrate 50A shown in FIG. 25B is located in parallel with a virtual plane defined by the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. The row direction and the column direction of the matrix formed by the plurality of discharged portions 58R, 58G, and 58B are parallel to the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, respectively. In the substrate 50A, the discharged portion 58R, the discharged portion 58G, and the discharged portion 58B are periodically arranged in this order in the X-axis direction. On the other hand, the discharged parts 58R are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y axis direction, and the discharged parts 58G are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y axis direction, Similarly, the discharged portions 58B are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y-axis direction.

  An interval LRX along the X-axis direction between the discharged portions 58R is approximately 560 μm. This interval is the same as the interval LGX along the X-axis direction between the discharged portions 58G, and is the same as the interval LBX along the X-axis direction between the discharged portions 58B. Further, the length of the discharged portion 58R in the X-axis direction is approximately 100 μm, and the length in the Y-axis direction is approximately 300 μm. The discharged portion 58G and the discharged portion 58B have the same size as the discharged portion 58R. The distance between the discharged parts and the size of the discharged parts correspond to the distance between pixel regions corresponding to the same color in a high-definition television having a size of about 40 inches.

  The manufacturing apparatus 3 shown in FIG. 26 is an apparatus that discharges a corresponding fluorescent material to each of the discharged portions 58R, 58G, and 58B of the substrate 50A of FIG. The manufacturing apparatus 3 includes a discharge device 300R that applies the fluorescent material 311R to all of the discharged portions 58R, a drying device 350R that dries the fluorescent material 311R on the discharged portions 58R, and a fluorescent material G that is applied to all of the discharged portions 58G. A discharge device 300G for applying the fluorescent material G, a drying device 350G for drying the fluorescent material G on the discharged portion 58G, a discharge device 300B for applying the fluorescent material B to all of the discharged portions 58B, and a fluorescent light on the discharged portion 58B. A drying device 350B for drying the material B. The manufacturing apparatus 3 further includes a transport device 370 that transports the substrate 50A in the order of the discharge device 300R, the drying device 350R, the discharge device 300G, the drying device 350G, the discharge device 300B, and the drying device 350B.

  27 includes a tank 301R that holds a liquid fluorescent material 311R and a discharge scanning unit 302 that is supplied with a color filter material from the tank 301R via a tube 310R. Except for this point, the ejection scanning unit 302 of the present embodiment is basically the same as the ejection scanning unit 102 (FIG. 3) of the first embodiment.

  Both the configuration of the ejection device 300G and the configuration of the ejection device 300B are basically the same as the configuration of the ejection device 300R. However, the configuration of the ejection device 300G is different from that of the ejection device 300R in that the ejection device 300G includes a tank for the fluorescent material 311G instead of the tank 301R in the ejection device 300R. Similarly, the configuration of the ejection device 300B is different from the configuration of the ejection device 300R in that the ejection device 300B includes a tank for the fluorescent material 311B instead of the tank 301R.

  A method for manufacturing a plasma display device using the manufacturing apparatus 3 will be described. First, a plurality of address electrodes 54, a dielectric glass layer 56, and a partition wall 60 are formed on a support substrate 52 by a known screen printing technique to obtain a substrate 50A shown in FIG.

Next, the substrate 50A is made lyophilic by oxygen plasma treatment under atmospheric pressure. By this treatment, the surface of the partition wall 60 and the surface of the dielectric glass layer 56 in the respective recesses (a part of the pixel region) defined by the partition wall 60 and the dielectric glass layer 56 exhibit lyophilic properties. Becomes the discharged portions 58R, 58G, and 58B. Depending on the material, a surface having a desired lyophilic property may be obtained without performing the surface treatment as described above. In such a case, even if the surface treatment is not performed, the surfaces of the recesses defined by the partition wall 60 and the dielectric glass layer 56 are the discharged portions 58R, 58G, and 58B.

  The substrate 50A on which the discharged portions 58R, 58G, and 58B are formed is conveyed to the stage 106 of the discharge device 300R by the transport device 370. Then, as shown in FIG. 28A, the discharge device 300R discharges the fluorescent material 311R from the head 114 so that the fluorescent material layer is formed on all of the discharged portions 58R. The application scan of the fluorescent material 311R performed by the discharge device 300R is the same as any one of the application scans (A), (B), and (C) in the first embodiment. When the layer of the fluorescent material 311R is formed on all of the discharged portions 58R of the substrate 50A, the transfer device 370 positions the substrate 50A in the drying device 350R. Then, the fluorescent material 311R on the discharged portion 58R is completely dried to obtain the fluorescent layer 311FR on the discharged portion 58R.

  Next, the transport device 370 positions the substrate 50A on the stage 106 of the ejection device 300G. Then, as shown in FIG. 28B, the ejection device 300G ejects the fluorescent material 311G from the head 114 so that the fluorescent material 311G layer is formed on the entire ejection target 58G. The application scan of the fluorescent material 311G performed by the ejection device 300G is the same as any one of the application scans (A), (B), and (C) in the first embodiment. When the fluorescent material 311G layer is formed on all of the discharged portions 58G of the substrate 50A, the transfer device 370 positions the substrate 50A in the drying device 350G. Then, the fluorescent material 311G on the discharged portion 58G is completely dried to obtain the fluorescent layer 311FG on the discharged portion 58G.

  Next, the transfer device 370 positions the substrate 50A on the stage 106 of the discharge device 300B. Then, as shown in FIG. 28C, the ejection device 300B ejects the fluorescent material B from the head 114 so that the fluorescent material 311B layer is formed on all of the ejected portions 58B. The application scan of the fluorescent material 311B performed by the discharge device 300B is the same as any one of the application scans (A), (B), and (C) in the first embodiment. When the fluorescent material B layer is formed on all of the discharged portions 58B of the substrate 50A, the transfer device 370 positions the substrate 50A in the drying device 350B. Then, the fluorescent material 311B on the discharged portion 58B is completely dried to obtain the fluorescent layer 311FB on the discharged portion 58B.

  Through the above steps, the substrate 50A becomes the back substrate 50B of the plasma display device.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 29, the back substrate 50B and the front substrate 50C are bonded together by a known method to obtain the plasma display device 50. The front substrate 50C is a dielectric glass formed so as to cover the glass substrate 68, the display electrode 66A and the display scan electrode 66B patterned in parallel with each other on the glass substrate 68, and the display electrode 66A and the display scan electrode 66B. A layer 64 and a MgO protective layer 62 formed on the dielectric glass layer 64. The back substrate 50B and the front substrate 50C are aligned so that the address electrodes 54 of the back substrate 50B and the display electrodes 66A and the display scan electrodes 66B of the front substrate 50C are orthogonal to each other. A discharge gas 69 is sealed at a predetermined pressure in a cell (pixel region) surrounded by each partition wall 60.

  According to the present embodiment, a liquid fluorescent material is discharged to one discharged portion from two nozzles positioned at different X coordinates within the X coordinate range of one discharged portion. For this reason, it is only necessary to reduce the range in which each droplet is spread from each landing position until the entire area of one discharged portion is covered with the discharged fluorescent material. As a result, even if the discharged fluorescent material spreads slowly, the discharged portion is completely covered with the discharged fluorescent material. Therefore, a manufacturing apparatus capable of forming a uniform layer on the discharged portion is obtained.

  Further, a plurality of nozzles discharges a liquid fluorescent material to one discharge target portion. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the possibility that non-uniformity in the discharge amount between the nozzles appears as non-uniformity in the final volume of the fluorescent material discharged to each discharge target portion.

  Next, an example in which the present invention is applied to an apparatus for manufacturing an image display device including an electron-emitting device will be described.

  A substrate 70A shown in FIGS. 33A and 33B is a substrate that becomes an electron source substrate 70B of the image display device by processing by the manufacturing apparatus 3 (FIG. 34) described later. The substrate 70A has a plurality of discharged portions 78 arranged in a matrix.

  Specifically, the substrate 70A includes a base 72, a sodium diffusion prevention layer 74 located on the base 72, a plurality of element electrodes 76A and 76B located on the sodium diffusion prevention layer 74, and a plurality of element electrodes 76A. And a plurality of metal wirings 79B positioned on the plurality of element electrodes 76B. Each of the plurality of metal wirings 79A has a shape extending in the Y-axis direction. Each of the plurality of metal wirings 79A has a shape extending in the X-axis direction. Since the insulating film 75 is formed between the metal wiring 79A and the metal wiring 79B, the metal wiring 79A and the metal wiring 79B are electrically insulated.

  A portion including the pair of element electrode 76A and element electrode 76B corresponds to one pixel region. The pair of element electrode 76A and element electrode 76B are opposed to each other on the sodium diffusion preventing layer 74 with a predetermined distance therebetween. The element electrode 76A corresponding to a certain pixel region is electrically connected to the corresponding metal wiring 79A. The element electrode 76B corresponding to the pixel region is electrically connected to the corresponding metal wiring 79B. In the present specification, a portion where the base 72 and the sodium diffusion preventing layer 74 are combined may be referred to as a support substrate.

  In each pixel region of the substrate 70A, a part of the device electrode 76A, a part of the device electrode 76B, and the sodium diffusion prevention layer 74 exposed between the device electrode 76A and the device electrode 76B are discharged parts 78. Corresponding to More specifically, the discharged portion 78 is a region where the conductive thin film 411F (FIG. 37) is to be formed. The conductive thin film 411F includes a part of the element electrode 76A and a part of the element electrode 76B. , So as to cover the gap between the device electrodes 76A and 76B. As shown by a dotted line in FIG. 33B, the shape of the discharged portion 78 in this embodiment is circular. Thus, the shape of the discharged portion determined by the X coordinate range and the Y coordinate range of the present invention is not limited to a rectangle, and may be a circle as described in this embodiment.

  The substrate 70A shown in FIG. 33B is located in parallel with a virtual plane defined by the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. The row direction and the column direction of the matrix formed by the plurality of discharged portions 78 are parallel to the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, respectively. In the substrate 70A, the discharged portions 78 are periodically arranged in this order in the X-axis direction. Furthermore, the discharged parts 78 are arranged in a line at a predetermined interval in the Y-axis direction.

  An interval LRX along the X-axis direction between the discharged parts 78 is approximately 190 μm. Further, the length of the discharged portion 78R in the X-axis direction (the length of the X coordinate range) is approximately 100 μm, and the length in the Y-axis direction (the length of the Y coordinate range) is also approximately 100 μm. The interval between the discharged portions 78 and the size of the discharged portions correspond to the interval between pixel regions in a high-definition television having a size of about 40 inches.

  The manufacturing apparatus 4 shown in FIG. 34 is an apparatus that discharges the conductive thin film material 411 to each of the discharged portions 78 of the substrate 70A of FIG. The manufacturing apparatus 4 includes a discharge device 400 that applies the conductive thin film material 411 to all of the discharged portions 78, and a drying device 450 that dries the conductive thin film material 411 on the discharged portions 78. The manufacturing apparatus 4 further includes a transport device 470 that transports the substrate 70A in the order of the discharge device 400 and the drying device 450.

  35 includes a tank 401 that holds a liquid conductive thin film material 411, a tube 410, and a discharge scanning unit 102 to which a color filter material is supplied from the tank 401R via the tube 410. . Since the description of the discharge scanning unit 102 has been described in the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted. In this embodiment, the liquid conductive thin film material 411 is an organic palladium solution.

  A method for manufacturing an image display apparatus using the manufacturing apparatus 4 will be described. First, a sodium diffusion preventing layer 74 containing SiO2 as a main component is formed on a base 72 made of soda glass or the like. Specifically, the sodium diffusion preventing layer 74 is obtained by forming a 1 μm thick SiO 2 film on the substrate 72 by sputtering. Next, a titanium layer having a thickness of 5 nm is formed on the sodium diffusion preventing layer 74 by sputtering or vacuum deposition. Then, using the photolithography technique and the etching technique, a plurality of pairs of the element electrode 76A and the element electrode 76B that are located at a predetermined distance from the titanium layer are formed. Thereafter, using a screen printing technique, Ag paste is applied onto the sodium diffusion prevention layer 74 and the plurality of element electrodes 76A and baked, thereby forming a plurality of metal wirings 79A extending in the Y-axis direction. Next, the insulating film 75 is formed by applying a glass paste to a part of each metal wiring 79A and baking it using a screen printing technique. Then, a plurality of metal wirings 79B extending in the X-axis direction are formed by applying an Ag paste on the sodium diffusion preventing layer 74 and the plurality of element electrodes 76B and baking using a screen printing technique. When the metal wiring 79B is manufactured, an Ag paste is applied so that the metal wiring 79B intersects the metal wiring 79A with the insulating film 75 interposed therebetween. The substrate 70A shown in FIG. 33 is obtained by the process as described above.

  Next, the substrate 70A is made lyophilic by oxygen plasma treatment under atmospheric pressure. By this process, a part of the surface of the element electrode 76A, a part of the surface of the element electrode 76B, and the surface of the support substrate exposed between the element electrode 76A and the element electrode 76B are made lyophilic. These surfaces become the discharged parts 78. Depending on the material, a surface having a desired lyophilic property may be obtained without performing the surface treatment as described above. In such a case, even if the surface treatment is not performed, a part of the surface of the element electrode 76A, a part of the surface of the element electrode 76B, and the sodium exposed between the element electrode 76A and the element electrode 76B. The surface of the diffusion preventing layer 74 becomes the discharged portion 78.

  The substrate 70 </ b> A on which the discharged portion 78 is formed is carried to the stage 106 of the discharge device 400 by the transport device 470. 36, the discharge device 400 discharges the conductive thin film material 411 from the head 114 so that the conductive thin film 411F is formed on all of the discharged portions 78. The application scan of the conductive thin film material 411 performed by the discharge device 400 is the same as any one of the application scans (A), (B), and (C) in the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, the control unit 112 gives a signal to the head 114 so that the diameter of the droplets of the conductive thin film material 411 landed on the discharged portion 78 is in the range of 60 μm to 80 μm. When the layer of the conductive thin film material 411 is formed on all of the discharged portions 78 of the substrate 70A, the transfer device 470 positions the substrate 70A in the drying device 450. Then, the conductive thin film material 411 on the discharged portion 78 is completely dried, so that the conductive thin film 411F containing palladium oxide as a main component is obtained on the discharged portion 78. As described above, in each pixel region, the conductivity covering a part of the element electrode 76A, a part of the element electrode 76B, and the sodium diffusion preventing layer 74 exposed between the element electrode 76A and the element electrode 76B. A thin film 411F is formed.

  Next, an electron emission portion 411D is formed in a part of the conductive thin film 411F by applying a predetermined pulse voltage between the element electrode 76A and the element electrode 76B. Note that it is preferable to apply a voltage between the element electrode 76A and the element electrode 76B under an organic atmosphere and under vacuum conditions, respectively. This is because the electron emission efficiency from the electron emission portion 411D is further increased. The element electrode 76A, the corresponding element electrode 76B, and the conductive thin film 411F provided with the electron emission portion 411D are electron emission elements. Each electron-emitting device corresponds to each pixel region.

  Through the above steps, the substrate 70A becomes the electron source substrate 70B as shown in FIG.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 38, the electron source substrate 70B and the front substrate 70C are bonded together by a known method to obtain the image display device 70. The front substrate 70 </ b> C includes a glass substrate 82, a plurality of fluorescent portions 84 positioned in a matrix on the glass substrate 82, and a metal plate 86 that covers the plurality of fluorescent portions 84. The metal plate 86 functions as an electrode for accelerating the electron beam from the electron emission portion 411D. The electron source substrate 70B and the front substrate 70C are aligned such that each of the plurality of electron-emitting devices faces each of the plurality of fluorescent portions 84. Further, a vacuum state is maintained between the electron source substrate 70B and the front substrate 70C.

  According to the present embodiment, a liquid conductive thin film material is discharged to one discharged portion from two nozzles positioned at different X coordinates within the X coordinate range of one discharged portion. For this reason, it is only necessary to reduce the range in which each droplet is spread from each landing position until the entire area of one discharged portion is covered with the discharged fluorescent material. As a result, even if the discharged conductive thin film material spreads slowly, the discharged portion is completely covered with the discharged conductive thin film material. Therefore, a manufacturing apparatus capable of forming a uniform layer on the discharged portion is obtained.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, a plurality of nozzles discharge a liquid conductive thin film material to one discharge target portion. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the non-uniformity in the discharge amount between the nozzles will appear as the non-uniformity between the volumes of the final conductive thin film material discharged to the respective portions to be discharged.

(Modification of Examples 1-4)
(1) In Examples 1 to 4, the discharged portions corresponding to R, G, and B are arranged in a matrix. However, as shown in FIG. 30, the present invention can be applied even when the discharged portions corresponding to R, G, and B are arranged in a delta shape (staggered shape). The delta arrangement refers to an arrangement in which the arrangement of the odd-numbered-line ejected parts and the even-numbered-line ejected part are shifted from each other by a half pitch. Here, the pitch is an interval between two discharged parts adjacent to each other. For example, the pitch is equal to the distance between the center positions of adjacent discharged parts.

  Specifically, the discharged portions R1, G1, G1 belonging to the first line of FIG. 30A and the discharged portions R3, G3, B3 belonging to the third line are as shown in FIG. One matrix is formed. Similarly, the discharged portions R2, G2, and B2 belonging to the second line and the discharged portions R4, G4, and B4 belonging to the fourth line constitute one other matrix. Therefore, the application scanning method according to the first to fourth embodiments may be performed separately for the discharged portions belonging to the odd lines and the discharged portions belonging to the even lines.

  (2) In the first to fourth embodiments, the manufacturing apparatus that discharges material to the discharge target portions arranged in a matrix has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a manufacturing apparatus that discharges a liquid material to the discharge target portions arranged in stripes. An example of such a manufacturing apparatus is a wiring manufacturing apparatus, and FIG. 31 shows a case where the wiring manufacturing apparatus forms address electrodes 54 on a support substrate 52 in the plasma display device. The wiring manufacturing apparatus applies the wiring material from the head 114 to each of the discharged portions 80 according to any of the application methods (A), (B), and (C) described in the first to fourth embodiments. Each of the plurality of discharged portions 80 has a stripe shape extending in the Y-axis direction. The discharge device in this wiring manufacturing apparatus has basically the same structure as the structure of the discharge device 100R described in the first embodiment.

  (3) In Examples 1 to 4, the angle AN formed by the nozzle row direction HX and the X-axis direction was 0 °. However, the angle AN is not limited to 0 °, and may be an arbitrary angle. Specifically, the value of the angle AN may be set as appropriate so that the interval between the nozzles 118 in the X-axis direction is an appropriate interval. For example, if the angle AN is set to an angle larger than 0 °, the material can be discharged from the two nozzles within one scanning period even for the portion to be discharged whose X coordinate range is shorter than 70 μm. it can. By setting the angle AN to an angle other than 0 °, the direction of the nozzle row is not parallel to the X-axis direction. As a result, the distance between the two nozzles 118 having the shortest distance between each other is 70 μm. This is because it becomes shorter. In order to set the angle AN to an appropriate value, the relative angle of the head with respect to the carriage 103 may be changed.

  (4) In the first to fourth embodiments, all the nozzles are within a period in which the carriage performs one relative scanning from one end E1 to the other end E2 of the scanning range along the Y-axis direction (that is, within one scanning period). The material does not have to be discharged from. That is, there may be a nozzle that does not perform the ejection operation within one scanning period. Such a nozzle is referred to as a non-ejection nozzle. However, in this case, it is preferable to vibrate the material in the cavity corresponding to the non-ejection nozzle over one scanning period. A specific example of a configuration that applies vibration to the material in the cavity is as follows.

  First, when the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the voltage applied to the piezo element (that is, the applied voltage) exceeds a predetermined value SAB, it is assumed that the liquid material is discharged from the corresponding nozzle. For example, as shown in FIG. 32 (a), when the nozzle enters the region corresponding to the discharged portion, the applied voltage is changed between TA and TB having opposite polarities. Specifically, when one droplet is ejected, the applied voltage is changed from 0 to TA during the period P11, is changed from TA to TB during the period P12 following the period P11, and the period P12 is reached. It returns to 0 during the subsequent period P13 and maintains 0 during the period P14 following the period P13. TA and TB are the maximum value and the minimum value of the applied voltage, respectively. The difference TAB between TA and TB is larger than the predetermined value SAB. By applying an applied voltage having such a waveform pattern along the time axis to a piezo element corresponding to a certain nozzle, a liquid material is discharged from the nozzle. In the example shown in FIG. 32A, the waveform pattern including periods 11, P12, P13, and P14 corresponds to the ejection of one droplet. In FIG. 32A, three waveform patterns are adjacent to each other.

  On the other hand, the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the voltage applied to the piezo element corresponding to the non-ejection nozzle (that is, the applied voltage) is not more than a predetermined value SAB as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 32B, the applied voltage is changed between RA and RB having opposite polarities. More specifically, the applied voltage is changed from 0 to RA during the period P21, is changed from RA to RB during the period P22 following the period P21, and is returned to 0 during the period P23 following the period P22. . A waveform pattern (applied voltage) including periods P21, P22, and P23 is applied to the piezo element at a predetermined cycle. RA and RB are the maximum value and the minimum value of the applied voltage, respectively. The difference between RA and RB is less than or equal to a predetermined value SAB. In the present specification, the predetermined value SAB may be expressed as “non-ejection voltage difference”.

  The piezoelectric element vibrates by an applied voltage that changes so that the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value is equal to or less than the predetermined value SAB. However, no material is ejected by the vibration. In this specification, a vibration that does not cause the material to be discharged from the nozzle may be referred to as “non-discharge vibration”. When the piezo element corresponding to the non-ejection nozzle performs non-ejection vibration, the liquid material filled in the cavity corresponding to the non-ejection nozzle receives the vibration and convects in the cavity. When the liquid material is convected, the material on the surface that is in contact with the air always flows, so that the solvent can be prevented from being vaporized from the liquid material. Further, since the vaporization of the solvent can be prevented, the viscosity of the liquid material can be prevented from increasing. For this reason, when the non-ejection nozzle becomes a nozzle that should eject the material in the next scanning period, the ejection from the nozzle Defects can be prevented. In addition to making the difference between the maximum value and minimum value of the applied voltage not more than a predetermined value, non-ejection vibration can also be realized by changing the frequency of the waveform pattern, and both the difference between the maximum value and minimum value and the frequency can be reduced. Non-ejection vibration can also be realized by adjustment.

  When the nozzle discharges the material a plurality of times within a period in which the carriage performs one relative scanning from one end to the other end of the scanning range along the Y-axis direction (that is, within one scanning period) Further, non-ejection vibration may be caused in the piezo element corresponding to the nozzle. If it does so, discharge of the material from the nozzle will become more stable.

  (5) In the ejection devices of Examples 1 to 4, the carriage is moved to a predetermined position outside the scanning range every time before the carriage relatively scans from one end to the other end of the scanning range along the Y-axis direction. The material may be discharged from the nozzle. By doing so, even if the discharge amount of the material from the nozzle is smaller than the prescribed discharge amount for some reason, it is highly possible that the prescribed discharge amount will be recovered if the discharge operation is continued at that position. . In this specification, such an ejection operation outside the scanning range may be referred to as “preliminary ejection”. By performing preliminary ejection, the material is stably ejected from the nozzle before the carriage newly performs relative scanning from one end to the other end of the scanning range along the Y-axis direction. Preliminary ejection may be performed only on nozzles that serve as nozzles to which material is to be ejected in an application scanning process performed subsequent to the preliminary ejection process, or may be performed on all nozzles in the carriage. The preliminary ejection may be performed every time the carriage performs relative scanning once from one end to the other end of the scanning range along the Y-axis direction, or may be performed every plural times.

  (6) The shape of the discharged portion described in the first to third embodiments is a rectangle. When the discharged portion is rectangular, the material may not spread at the four corners of the rectangle. In such a case, the landing positions may be set at the four corners of the rectangle in addition to the landing positions shown in the first to third embodiments.

(A) And (b) is a schematic diagram which shows the cross section and plane of a board | substrate of Example 1, respectively. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a manufacturing apparatus of Example 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a discharge device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a carriage according to the first exemplary embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a head of Example 1. (A) And (b) is a schematic diagram which shows the discharge part in the head of FIG. The schematic diagram which shows the control part in a discharge device. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. The schematic diagram which shows a scanning range. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating application scanning according to the first embodiment. (A)-(d) is a schematic diagram which shows the manufacturing method of Example 1. FIG. (A) And (b) is a schematic diagram which shows the cross section and plane of a board | substrate of Example 2, respectively. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a manufacturing apparatus of Example 2. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a discharge device according to a second embodiment. (A)-(d) is a schematic diagram which shows the manufacturing method of Example 2. FIG. (A) And (b) is a schematic diagram which shows the cross section and plane of a board | substrate of Example 3, respectively. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a manufacturing apparatus of Example 3. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a discharge device according to a third embodiment. (A)-(c) is a schematic diagram which shows the manufacturing method of Example 3. FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a manufacturing method of Example 3. (A) And (b) is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the other arrangement | sequence of a to-be-discharged part. (A)-(c) is a figure which shows a mode that a wiring manufacturing apparatus manufactures wiring. (A) is a schematic diagram which shows the drive waveform for discharging a liquid material from a nozzle, (b) is a schematic diagram which shows the drive waveform which causes a to-be-discharged vibration. (A) And (b) is a schematic diagram which shows the cross section and plane of a board | substrate of Example 4, respectively. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a manufacturing apparatus of Example 4. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a discharge device according to a fourth embodiment. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a manufacturing method of Example 4. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an electron source substrate of Example 4. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a display device manufactured by the manufacturing apparatus of Example 4.

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1, 2, 3, 4 ... manufacturing apparatus, 10A, 30A, 50A, 70A ... substrate, 18R, 18G, 18B, 38R, 38G, 38B, 58R, 58G, 58B, 78R, 78G, 78B ... discharged part, 100R , 100G, 100B ... discharge device, 102 ... discharge scanning unit, 103 ... carriage, 104 ... first position control device, 108 ... second position control device, 106 ... stage 106, 111R, 111G, 111G ... color filter material, 112 ... Control unit 114 ... Head 116 ... Nozzle array 118 ... Nozzle 120 ... Cavity 120 124 124 Vibrator 127 ... Discharge unit 150R, 150G, 150B ... Drying device 200R, 200G, 200B ... Discharge device 200: input buffer memory, 202: storage means, 204: processing unit, 206: scanning driver, 2 8 ... Head driver, 211R, 211G, 211B ... Luminescent material, 250R, 250G, 250B ... Drying device, 270 ... Conveyance device, 311R, 311G, 311B ... Fluorescent material, 300R, 300G, 300B ... Discharge device, 350R, 350G, 350B ... Drying device, 370 ... Conveying device, 411 ... Conductive thin film material, 400 ... Discharge device, 450 ... Drying device, 470 ... Conveying device

Claims (6)

A discharge device for applying a liquid material to a plurality of discharged portions,
A stage for holding a substrate having the discharged portion;
A discharge section having a first nozzle , a second nozzle , a third nozzle, and a fourth nozzle capable of discharging the material;
A carriage for holding the ejection unit;
A scanning unit that moves the carriage relative to the stage so that the first to fourth nozzles move relative to the discharged portion;
With
Among the plurality of discharged portions, for a predetermined discharged portion determined by a predetermined X coordinate range and a predetermined Y coordinate range,
Within the first scanning period, the first nozzle is positioned at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relatively in the Y axis direction, and is arranged in the Y direction at the predetermined discharge target portion . The first material is landed at the first landing position, and the second nozzle is positioned at the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range and relatively moves in the Y-axis direction, and the predetermined discharge target portion The second material is landed at a plurality of second landing positions arranged in the Y direction at
Within the second scanning period, the third nozzle is located at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relative to the Y-axis direction, and is moved by the first nozzle. The third material is landed between the first materials landed at the first landing position, and the fourth nozzle is located at the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range and is relatively relative to the Y axis direction. Moving, and landing a fourth material between the second materials landed on the plurality of second landing positions by the second nozzle,
Discharge device. A method for manufacturing a color filter substrate, comprising a discharge device for applying a liquid color filter material to a plurality of discharged portions,
The discharge device is
A stage for holding a substrate having the discharged portion;
A discharge section having a first nozzle , a second nozzle , a third nozzle, and a fourth nozzle capable of discharging the color filter material;
A carriage for holding the ejection unit;
A scanning unit that moves the carriage relative to the stage so that the first to fourth nozzles move relative to the discharged portion;
With
Among the plurality of discharged portions, for a predetermined discharged portion determined by a predetermined X coordinate range and a predetermined Y coordinate range,
Within the first scanning period, the first nozzle is positioned at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relatively in the Y axis direction, and is arranged in the Y direction at the predetermined discharge target portion . The first color filter material is landed at the first landing position, and the second nozzle is positioned at the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range and relatively moves in the Y-axis direction, and the predetermined coverage is reached. The second color filter material is landed at a plurality of second landing positions arranged in the Y direction in the discharge unit,
Within the second scanning period, the third nozzle is located at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relative to the Y-axis direction, and is moved by the first nozzle. A third color filter material is landed between the first color filter materials landed at the first landing position, and the fourth nozzle is positioned at the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range, and Y A fourth color filter material is landed between the second color filter materials that are relatively moved in the axial direction and landed at the plurality of second landing positions by the second nozzle;
Color filter substrate manufacturing equipment. An apparatus for manufacturing an electroluminescence display device, comprising a discharge device for applying a liquid luminescent material to a plurality of discharged portions,
The discharge device is
A stage for holding a substrate having the discharged portion;
A discharge section having a first nozzle , a second nozzle , a third nozzle, and a fourth nozzle capable of discharging the light emitting material;
A carriage for holding the ejection unit;
A scanning unit that moves the carriage relative to the stage so that the first to fourth nozzles move relative to the discharged portion;
With
Among the plurality of discharged portions, for a predetermined discharged portion determined by a predetermined X coordinate range and a predetermined Y coordinate range,
Within the first scanning period, the first nozzle is positioned at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relatively in the Y axis direction, and is arranged in the Y direction at the predetermined discharge target portion . The first light emitting material is landed at the first landing position, and the second nozzle is positioned at the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range and relatively moves in the Y-axis direction, and the predetermined discharge target The second light emitting material is landed at a plurality of second landing positions arranged in the Y direction in the portion,
Within the second scanning period, the third nozzle is located at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relative to the Y-axis direction, and is moved by the first nozzle. A third light emitting material is landed between the first light emitting materials landed at the first landing position, and the fourth nozzle is located at the second X coordinate in the X coordinate range and is in the Y-axis direction. And a fourth light emitting material is landed between the second light emitting materials landed on the plurality of second landing positions by the second nozzle,
An apparatus for manufacturing an electroluminescence display device. An apparatus for manufacturing a plasma display device, comprising a discharge device for applying a liquid fluorescent material to a plurality of discharged portions,
The discharge device is
A stage for holding a substrate having the discharged portion;
A discharge section having a first nozzle , a second nozzle , a third nozzle, and a fourth nozzle capable of discharging the fluorescent material;
A carriage for holding the ejection unit;
A scanning unit that moves the carriage relative to the stage so that the first to fourth nozzles move relative to the discharged portion;
With
Among the plurality of discharged portions, for a predetermined discharged portion determined by a predetermined X coordinate range and a predetermined Y coordinate range,
Within the first scanning period, the first nozzle is positioned at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relatively in the Y axis direction, and is arranged in the Y direction at the predetermined discharge target portion . The first fluorescent material is landed at the first landing position, and the second nozzle is positioned at the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relatively in the Y-axis direction, and the predetermined discharge target The second fluorescent material is landed at a plurality of second landing positions arranged in the Y direction in the portion,
Within the second scanning period, the third nozzle is located at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relative to the Y-axis direction, and is moved by the first nozzle. A third fluorescent material is landed between the first fluorescent materials landed at the first landing position, and the fourth nozzle is positioned at the second X coordinate in the X coordinate range, and is in the Y-axis direction. And a fourth fluorescent material is landed between the second fluorescent materials landed on the plurality of second landing positions by the second nozzle,
Plasma display device manufacturing equipment. A wiring manufacturing apparatus comprising a discharging device for applying a liquid wiring material to a plurality of discharged portions,
The discharge device is
A stage for holding a substrate having the discharged portion;
A discharge section having a first nozzle , a second nozzle , a third nozzle, and a fourth nozzle capable of discharging the wiring material;
A carriage for holding the ejection unit;
A scanning unit that moves the carriage relative to the stage so that the first to fourth nozzles move relative to the discharged portion;
With
Among the plurality of discharged portions, for a predetermined discharged portion determined by a predetermined X coordinate range and a predetermined Y coordinate range,
Within the first scanning period, the first nozzle is positioned at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relatively in the Y axis direction, and is arranged in the Y direction at the predetermined discharge target portion . The first wiring material is landed at the first landing position, and the second nozzle is positioned at the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range and moves relatively in the Y-axis direction, and the predetermined discharge target The second wiring material is landed at a plurality of second landing positions arranged in the Y direction in the portion,
Within the second scanning period, the third nozzle is located at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relative to the Y-axis direction, and is moved by the first nozzle. A third wiring material is landed between the first wiring materials landed at the first landing position, and the fourth nozzle is located at the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range, and is in the Y-axis direction. And a fourth wiring material is landed between the second wiring materials landed on the plurality of second landing positions by the second nozzle,
Wiring manufacturing equipment. An application method for applying a liquid material to a plurality of discharged parts,
Among the plurality of discharged portions, for a predetermined discharged portion determined by a predetermined X coordinate range and a predetermined Y coordinate range,
A first step of positioning the predetermined discharged portion on the stage; a second step of moving the first nozzle and the second nozzle relative to the predetermined discharged portion;
A third step of relatively moving a third nozzle and a fourth nozzle different from the first nozzle and the second nozzle;
The second step includes
During the first scanning period, the first nozzle is positioned at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relatively in the Y axis direction, and is arranged in the Y direction at the predetermined discharge target portion . The first material is made to land at a plurality of first landing positions, and the second nozzle is positioned at a second X coordinate within the X coordinate range and relatively moves in the Y-axis direction, and the predetermined nozzle A second material is landed at a plurality of second landing positions arranged in the Y direction in the discharged portion of
The third step includes
During the second scanning period, the third nozzle is located at the first X coordinate within the X coordinate range, moves relatively in the Y axis direction, and the plurality of nozzles are moved by the first nozzle. The third material is landed between the first materials landed at the first landing position, and the fourth nozzle is located at the second X coordinate within the X coordinate range and is relatively relative to the Y axis direction. Moving and landing a fourth material between the second materials landed on the plurality of second landing positions by the second nozzle,
Application method.

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