Title:
DEPOSITION OF SOLUBLE MATERIALS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001070506
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention provides a method of depositing a soluble material on a substrate comprising the steps of: loading the soluble material into an ink-jet print head; providing a flow of gas between the ink-jet print head and the substrate or adjacent thereto; and ejecting the material from the print head so as to deposit it on the substrate. Also provided is an apparatus for depositing a soluble material on a substrate, comprising an ink-jet print head and gas flow means for providing a flow of gas between the ink-jet print head and the substrate or adjacent thereto. In a preferred arrangement, heating of the substrate during deposition is also provided. In a most preferred arrangement, the deposition is additionally conducted on the basis of continuous formation of a sequence of partially overlapping dots.
Inventors:
KAWASE TAKEO (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2001/001294
Publication Date:
March 21, 2002
Filing Date:
March 23, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORP (JP)
UNIV CAMBRIDGE (GB)
KAWASE TAKEO (GB)
UNIV CAMBRIDGE (GB)
KAWASE TAKEO (GB)
International Classes:
B41J2/01; B05C5/00; B05D1/26; B41J2/215; H01L51/00; H01L51/40; H01L51/50; H05B33/10; H01L27/32; H01L51/30; H01L51/56; (IPC1-7): B05D3/04; B05D1/26; B41M3/00
Foreign References:
| EP0568272A1 | 1993-11-03 | |||
| EP0306341A1 | 1989-03-08 | |||
| US5528271A | 1996-06-18 | |||
| GB2357996A | 2001-07-11 |
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