IP Library Granted Patent US 7,311,937
Granted Patent B2
US 7,311,937 · App. 10/283,303 · Granted Dec 25, 2007

Method for forming a line pattern, line pattern, and electro-optic device

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,311,937
App. No.
10/283,303
Granted
Dec 25, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a method for forming a uniform conductive-film interconnecting pattern via simplified processes. In particular, the invention provides: a method for forming an interconnecting pattern having at least one corner and which does not cause irregularities at the corner, an interconnecting pattern formed according to the method, and an electronic apparatus and a non-contact type card medium including the interconnecting pattern. The method includes forming a line pattern having at least one corner defined by at least two lines by applying a liquid containing a pattern material to a substrate. The liquid is applied by ink jet printing such that the corner has at least one additional protrusion other than the two lines, and is then fired to transform into a conductive-film interconnecting pattern.

Claims (25)

1. A method of forming a wiring formed substrate, the method comprising:

forming a first film on the substrate;

forming a second film on the substrate, the second film intersecting with the first film at a first intersecting point, a portion of the first film between a second edge of the first film and the first intersecting point being a first protruding portion, a first portion of the second film between a first edge of the second film and the first intersecting point being a second protruding portion;

forming a third film on the substrate, the third film intersecting with the second film at a second intersecting point, a second portion of the second film between a second edge of the second film and the second intersecting point being a third protruding portion, a first portion of the third film between a first edge of the third film and the second intersecting point being a fourth protruding portion; and

heating the first, the second, and the third films to form a wiring.

2. A method of forming a wiring formed substrate, the method comprising:

forming a circuit on a substrate;

forming a first film on the substrate, a first edge of the first film contacting the circuit;

forming a second film on the substrate, the second film intersecting with the first film at a first intersecting point, a portion of the first film between a second edge of the first film and the first intersecting point being a first protruding portion, a first portion of the second film between a first edge of the second film and the first intersecting point being a second protruding portion;

forming a third film on the substrate, the third film intersecting with the second film at a second intersecting point, a second portion of the second film between a second edge of the second film and the second intersecting point being a third protruding portion, a first portion of the third film between a first edge of the third film and the second intersecting point being a fourth protruding portion; and

heating the first, the second, and the third films to form a wiring.

3. The method of forming the wiring formed substrate according to claim 2 , the forming of the first film including applying a plurality of droplets to form a first applied film and evaporating the first applied film.

4. The method of forming the wiring formed substrate according to claim 2 , a process of forming each of the first, the second, and the third films including applying a plurality of droplets from a head of an inkiet apparatus to form an applied film and evaporating the applied film.

5. The method of forming the wiring formed substrate according to claim 2 , each of the first, the second, and the third films being a dried film.

6. The method of forming the wiring formed substrate according to claim 2 , the first, the second, and the third films including a plurality of metal particles.

7. The method of forming the wiring formed substrate according to claim 2 , a length of the first protruding portion being at least two-thirds a width of the first film.

8. The method of forming the wiring formed substrate according to claim 2 , a length of the first protruding portion being at least one-half a width of the first film.

9. The method of forming the wiring formed substrate according to claim 2 , each of the first, the second, and the third films being in the form of a line.

10. The method of forming the wiring formed substrate according to claim 2 , the wiring being one of a plurality of data lines that is formed between a plurality of pixel electrodes, each of the first, the second, the third, and the fourth protruding portions not contacting to any of the plurality of pixel electrodes.

11. A method of forming a wiring formed substrate, the method comprising:

forming a circuit on a substrate;

forming a first film on the substrate;

forming a second film on the substrate, the second film intersecting with the first film at a first intersecting point, a portion of the first film between a second edge of the first film and the first intersecting point being a first protruding portion, a first portion of the second film between a first edge of the second film and the first intersecting point being a second protruding portion;

forming a third film on the substrate, the third film intersecting with the second film at a second intersecting point, a second portion of the second film between a second edge of the second film and the second intersecting point being a third protruding portion, a first portion of the third film between a first edge of the third film and the second intersecting point being a fourth protruding portion, a second edge of the third film contacting the circuit; and

heating the first, the second, and the third films to form a wiring.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2013
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: INTELLECTUAL KEYSTONE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 030319/0722 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2003
From: HASHIMOTO, TAKASHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 013338/0046 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-335567 · Oct 31, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030085057A1 · May 8, 2003