# US 10,766,713 B2 · Substrate carrier apparatus and liquid crystal display manufacturing device

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- Number: US 10,766,713 B2
- Document ID: US10766713B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/578,604
- Filed: 2017-07-07
- Published: 2018-11-29
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-01-11
- Assignees: Hkc Corporation Limited; Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: HKC Corporation Limited; Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Limited
- Inventors: Chia-Jen Tsai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766713B2

## CPC

- B65G 47/22: Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors (during feeding B65G47/14)
- H10P 72/17: {specially adapted for supporting large square shaped substrates}
- H10P 72/18: {characterised by being specially adapted for supporting a single substrate or by comprising a stack of such individual supports}
- H02H 3/20: responsive to excess voltage
- H02H 9/046: {responsive to excess voltage appearing at terminals of integrated circuits}
- H10D 8/25: Zener diodes
- H10D 89/611: {using diodes as protective elements}
- H10W 20/20: Interconnections within wafers or substrates, e.g. through-silicon vias [TSV]
- H10W 72/90: Bond pads, in general
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- H10P: GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H02H: EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired working conditions G01R, e.g. G01R31/00, G08B; locating faults along lines G01R31/08; emergency protective devices H01H)
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10

## Abstract

This application provides a substrate carrier apparatus and a liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturing device. The substrate carrier apparatus includes: a carrier platform, configured to carry a substrate; and a conductor, including a power receiving terminal and a ground terminal, where the power receiving terminal is electrically connected to the substrate, and the ground terminal is grounded.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A substrate carrier apparatus, applied to manufacture at least one display, comprising:
a carrier platform, configured to carry a substrate; and
a conductor, comprising a power receiving terminal and a ground terminal, wherein the power receiving terminal is electrically connected to the substrate, and the ground terminal is grounded;
wherein the conductor is a conducting wire or an electrostatic discharge (ESD) rope made of a slightly flexible conducting material;
wherein a diameter of the ESD rope is 1 millimeter, and a distance between the ESD rope and the substrate is less than 3 centimeters; and
wherein there is a plurality of conductors respectively electrically connected to corners of the substrate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The substrate carrier apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conductor is located between the substrate and the carrier platform.

### Claim 3

A liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturing device, comprising a substrate carrier apparatus, wherein the substrate carrier apparatus comprises:
a carrier platform, configured to carry a substrate; and
a conductor, comprising a power receiving terminal and a ground terminal, wherein the power receiving terminal is electrically connected to the substrate, and the ground terminal is grounded; and
the conductor is located between the substrate and the carrier platform;
wherein the conductor is a conducting wire or an electrostatic discharge (ESD) rope made of a slightly flexible conducting material;
wherein a diameter of the ESD rope is 1 millimeter, and a distance between the ESD rope and the substrate is less than 3 centimeters; and
wherein there is a plurality of conductors respectively electrically connected to corners of the substrate.

### Claim 4

A substrate carrier apparatus, applied to manufacture at least one display, comprising:
a carrier platform, configured to carry a substrate; and
a conductor, comprising a power receiving terminal and a ground terminal, wherein the power receiving terminal is electrically connected to the substrate, and the ground terminal is grounded;
the conductor is located between the substrate and the carrier platform, and the power receiving terminal of the conductor is located between the substrate and the carrier platform;
the conductor is a conducting wire or an electrostatic discharge (ESD) rope made of a slightly flexible conducting material;
a diameter of the ESD rope is 1 millimeter, and a distance between the ESD rope and the substrate is less than 3 centimeters;
the substrate is of a rectangular shape or a square shape; and
there is a plurality of conductors respectively electrically connected to corners of the substrate.