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US 12,681,350 B2Granted
Frictional alignment device for curved substrate and method of use thereof
AssigneesInterface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., General Interface Solution Limited
InventorsChien-Cheng Chen, Po-Lun Chen, Yun-Pei Chen
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Abstract
A friction alignment device for a curved substrate, which includes: a rotating sleeve, a friction alignment roller, a carrying device and a movable platform. The friction alignment roller is connected to the rotating sleeve and has a curved plane. The carrying device adsorbs a curved substrate to a carrying curved surface. Among them, the carrying device adjusts a height so that the curved plane and the curved substrate are in contact with an alignment pressure, and the rotating sleeve is used to rub the curved substrate, and at the same time, the movable platform performs a displacement of the height, and the curved substrate undergoes three-dimensional friction alignment.
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A friction alignment device for a curved substrate, comprising:
- a rotating sleeve, centered in an axial direction with a rotational displacement movement;
- a first friction alignment roller, connected to the rotating sleeve, the surface of the outer edge of the first friction alignment roller having a first curvature plane;
- a first carrying device, being a first height away from the axial direction, comprising:
- a first vacuum carrier, having a first carrying surface near to the side of the first friction alignment roller, the first curvature plane having the same curvature diameter as the first carrying surface, the first vacuum carrier being carried a first surface substrate, and the first surface substrate being adsorbed on the first carrying surface;
- a first pressure sensing element, being telecommunications connected to the first vacuum carrier, the first pressure sensing element detected a first contact pressure of the first curved substrate and the first curvature plane;
- a first adjustment seat, connected to the first vacuum carrier, performed a first linear displacement motion to adjust the first height;
- a movable platform, connected to the first carrying device, the movable platform caused the first carrying device to carry out a second linear displacement motion, the second linear displacement motion being parallel to the axial direction;
- Wherein when the first height being adjusted by the first adjusting seat, the first contact pressure being the same as a matching pressure, the rotating sleeve carried out the rotational displacement movement, the first curvature plane being rubbed against the first curved substrate, and at the same time the movable platform carried out the second linear displacement motion, and the first adjusting seat adjusted the first height according to the surface of the outer edge of the first curved substrate, so that the first contact pressure being the same as the matching pressure.
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A method of using a friction alignment device for a curved substrate, comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a rotating sleeve, a first friction alignment roller, a first carrying device and a movable platform, the first friction alignment roller is connected to the rotating sleeve, and the outer edge surface having a first curvature plane, the first carrying device is connected to the movable platform, and the first carrying device having a first carrying surface and a first height from the first curvature plane;
- (b) providing a first curved substrate located on the first carrying surface;
- (c) performing a first linear displacement movement to adjust the first height, the first curved substrate is near to the first curvature plane;
- (d) detecting a first contact pressure between the first curved substrate and the first curvature plane;
- (e) determining whether the first contact pressure and an matching pressure are the same;
- when the first contact pressure and the matching pressure are not the same, repeat step (c);
- when the first contact pressure and the matching pressure are the same, rotating the rotating sleeve by a rotational displacement movement along an axial direction as the center, and the first curvature plane rubbing the first curved substrate;
- (f) performing a second linear displacement movement parallel to the axial direction;
- (g) determining whether the first friction alignment roller is located on the first curved surface substrate;
- when the first friction alignment roller is located on the first curved surface substrate, repeat step (d);
- when the first friction alignment roller is not located on the first curved surface substrate, the operation stops.
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A method of using a friction alignment device for a curved substrate, comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a rotating sleeve, a first friction alignment roller, a second friction alignment roller, a first carrying device, a second carrying device and a movable platform, the first friction alignment roller is connected to the rotating sleeve, and the outer edge surface having a first curvature plane, the first carrying device and the second carrying device are connected to the movable platform, and the first carrying device having a first carrying surface and a first height from the first curvature plane, the second friction alignment roller is connected to the rotating sleeve, and the outer edge surface having a second curvature plane, and the second carrying device having a second carrying surface and a second height from the second curvature plane;
- (b) providing a first curved substrate located on the first carrying surface, and a second curved substrate located on the second carrying surface;
- (c) performing a first linear displacement movement to adjust the first height, the first curved substrate is near to the first curvature plane, and detecting a first contact pressure between the first curved substrate and the first curvature plane;
- (d) determining whether the first contact pressure and an matching pressure are the same;
- when the first contact pressure and the matching pressure are not the same, repeat step (c);
- (e) performing a third linear displacement movement to adjust the second height, the second curved substrate is near to the second curvature plane, and detecting a second contact pressure between the second curved substrate and the second curvature plane;
- (f) determining whether the second contact pressure and the matching pressure are the same;
- when the second contact pressure and the matching pressure are not the same, repeat step (e);
- (g) rotating the rotating sleeve by a rotational displacement movement along an axial direction as the center, when the first contact pressure, the second contact pressure and the matching pressure are the same, the first curvature plane rubbing the first curved substrate and the second curvature plane rubbing the second curved substrate;
- (h) performing a second linear displacement movement parallel to the axial direction;
- (i) determining whether the first friction alignment roller is located on the first curved surface substrate;
- when the first friction alignment roller is located on the first curved surface substrate, repeat step (d);
- (j) determining whether the second friction alignment roller is located on the second curved surface substrate;
- when the second friction alignment roller is located on the second curved surface substrate, repeat step (f);
- (k) stopping the steps, when the first friction alignment roller is not located on the first curved surface substrate, and the second friction alignment roller is not located on the second curved surface substrate.
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