IP Library Granted Patent US 7,538,853
Granted Patent B2
US 7,538,853 · App. 11/384,317 · Granted May 26, 2009

Exposure process and apparatus using glass photomasks

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Patent No.
US 7,538,853
App. No.
11/384,317
Granted
May 26, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exposure process using photomasks, the process includes the steps of: providing a plurality of glass photomasks for optical lithography with respect to a target substrate to be processed, the photomasks having identical exposure patterns, and exposing the target substrate a plurality of times using the plurality of glass photomasks.

Claims (6)

1. A method of forming electrode patterns on a large area type of glass substrate using photolithography, the method comprising:

providing a first exposure apparatus and a second exposure apparatus;

loading a first defective photomask and a second defective photomask into the first exposure apparatus and the second exposure apparatus, respectively, the first defective photomask and the second defective photomask each having a same mask pattern corresponding to an electrode pattern to be formed and each including a large area type glass mask plate corresponding to the glass substrate, each of the large area type glass mask plates having a light-blocking portion and a light-transmitting portion, each light-transmitting portion including an air bubble forming a light-block defect;

loading the glass substrate into the first exposure apparatus and performing a first exposure on the glass substrate through the first defective photomask; and

loading the glass substrate into the second exposure apparatus and performing a second exposure on the glass substrate through the second defective photomask.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the loading the glass substrate into the second exposure apparatus is carried out by transporting the glass substrate along a sliding rail between the first exposure apparatus and the second exposure apparatus after the first exposure apparatus has performed the first exposure.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2012
From: HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027801/0918 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 2, 2012
From: FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED
To: HTACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027801/0600 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2006
From: NISHIKI, MASASHI; OKADA, HISASHI
To: FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 017720/0404 →