Method and apparatus of fabricating liquid crystal display panel
View Patent ↗A method and an apparatus that can fabricate a liquid crystal display panel capable of selectively forming a spacer at a desired area. The inventive apparatus includes a sprayer to spray adhesive spacers over a substrate having at least one metal pattern, a dryer to dry the adhesive spacers, and a blower to selectively remove the adhesive spacers located at a region non-overlapping the metal pattern.
1. An apparatus for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel comprising:
a sprayer to spray adhesive spacers over a substrate having at least one metal pattern;
a dryer to dry the adhesive spacers; and
a blower to selectively remove the adhesive spacers located at a region non-overlapping the metal pattern.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the dryer uses infrared rays to dry the adhesive spacers at a designated temperature.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the designated temperature is 120° C. to 140° C.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the dryer uses a hot gas to dry the adhesive.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the blower forms the adhesive spacers at a designated location by air streams.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , which further comprises a feed box to store the adhesive spacers.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive spacers comprise a ball spacer material encapsulated by an adhesive material.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the adhesive material comprises a polyacrylic resin.
9. A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel comprising:
spraying adhesive spacers on a substrate having at least one metal pattern;
drying the sprayed adhesive spacers at a designated temperature; and
selectively removing the adhesive spacers located at a region non-overlapping the metal pattern by using a blower.
10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the designated temperature is 120° C. to 140° C.
11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein drying the sprayed adhesive spacers at the designated temperature includes drying the adhesive spacers using infrared rays.
12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one metal pattern is a black matrix.
13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one metal pattern includes at least one of at least one electrode included in a thin film transistor, a gate line, and a data line.
14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the adhesive spacers include a ball spacer encapsulated with an adhesive material.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the adhesive material comprises a polyacrylic resin.
16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein drying the sprayed adhesive spacers at the designated temperature includes relatively strongly adhering the adhesive spacers overlapping the metal pattern as compared to the adhesive spacers non-overlapping the metal pattern.
17. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the adhesive spacers adhere more strongly over a metal region due to triboelectric charges.
18. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the adhesive spacers adhere more strongly over a metal region due to triboelectric charges.