# US 2014/0360252 A1 · Method of manufacturing pattern substrate and method of locating component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0360252 A1 - Document ID: US20140360252A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/295,753 - Filed: 2014-06-04 - Published: 2014-12-11 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-10 - Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Inventors: Naoki YAMAMOTO; Kanji NAKAYAMA; Keita SAITO; Dai SUWAMA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140360252A1 ## CPC - B81C 3/005: {Passive alignment, i.e. without a detection of the position of the elements or using only structural arrangements or thermodynamic forces} - B81C 2203/032: Gluing - H10W 72/0198: {batch processes} - B81C: PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS (making microcapsules or microballoons B01J13/02; processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of piezoelectric, electrostrictive or magnetostrictive elements per se H10N30/01) - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract There is provided a method of manufacturing a pattern substrate in which a pattern is formed on the surface of the substrate. The manufacturing method includes a step of preparing the substrate and a step of arranging a liquid-repellent or lyophilic material on the surface of the substrate so as to form the pattern on the surface of the substrate in which the surface of the substrate has a liquid-repellent region and a lyophilic region, the pattern is formed by one of the liquid-repellent region and the lyophilic region and the pattern is used to locate a component by the surface tension of a liquid member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of manufacturing a pattern substrate in which a pattern is formed so as to locate a component in a predetermined position on a surface of the substrate by a surface tension of a liquid member, wherein the predetermined pattern is formed on the substrate with a liquid-repellent or lyophilic material such that the predetermined pattern is formed by one of a liquid-repellent region and a lyophilic region with respect to the other region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of manufacturing a pattern substrate according to claim 1, wherein the material is a particle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of manufacturing a pattern substrate according to claim 2, wherein after the predetermined pattern is formed by the particle on a surface of a particle carrying member, the predetermined pattern is transferred from the particle carrying member to the substrate such that the predetermined pattern is formed on the substrate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of manufacturing a pattern substrate according to claim 3, wherein a step of forming the predetermined pattern by the particle on the surface of the particle carrying member is such that an electrostatic latent image of the predetermined pattern is formed on the particle carrying member, that the charged particle is electrically moved to the electrostatic latent image and that the predetermined pattern by the particle is formed on the surface of the particle carrying member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of manufacturing a pattern substrate according to claim 4, wherein the particle carrying member includes a photoconductive layer, and after the particle carrying member is uniformly charged, the electrostatic latent image of the predetermined pattern is formed by exposure on the surface of the particle carrying member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of manufacturing a pattern substrate according to claim 4, wherein a step in which the predetermined pattern is transferred from the particle carrying member to the substrate is such that a voltage of a polarity opposite to a charge polarity of the particle is applied from a side of the substrate opposite to a side of the particle carrying member and that the predetermined pattern is electrically transferred from the particle carrying member to the substrate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of manufacturing a pattern substrate according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined pattern is formed on the substrate with an ink jet application unit by the liquid-repellent or lyophilic material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method of locating a component in a predetermined position on a surface of a substrate by a surface tension of a liquid member, wherein the liquid member is applied to the pattern substrate manufactured by the manufacturing method according to claim 1, and the component is arranged such that at least a part of a surface of the component opposite the pattern substrate is brought into contact with the liquid member to which the predetermined pattern is applied. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of locating a component according to claim 8, wherein an angle of contact of the liquid member with a liquid-repellent region is greater than an angle of contact with a lyophilic region and an angle of contact of the component with the surface opposite the substrate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of locating a component according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined pattern is a negative pattern, and a height of the liquid member applied to the substrate is higher than a height of a liquid-repellent material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of locating a component according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined pattern is a negative pattern, and a liquid-repellent material is formed so as not to make contact with the component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of locating a component according to claim 8, wherein the surface of the component opposite the substrate is subjected to lyophilic processing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of locating a component according to claim 8, wherein a lyophilic region on the pattern substrate is similar to the surface of the component opposite the substrate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of locating a component according to claim 8, wherein the liquid member has water as a main ingredient. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A method of locating a component in a predetermined position on a surface of a substrate by a surface tension of a liquid member, wherein the liquid member is applied to at least a part of a surface of the component opposite the substrate, and the component is arranged such that at least a part of the liquid member applied is brought into contact with a lyophilic region on the pattern substrate manufactured by the manufacturing method according to claim 1. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of locating a component according to claim 15, wherein an angle of contact of the liquid member with a liquid-repellent region is greater than an angle of contact with the lyophilic region and an angle of contact of the component with the surface opposite the substrate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of locating a component according to claim 15, wherein the predetermined pattern is a negative pattern, and a height of the liquid member applied to the substrate is higher than a height of a liquid-repellent material. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method of locating a component according to claim 15, wherein the predetermined pattern is a negative pattern, and a liquid-repellent material is formed so as not to make contact with the component. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method of locating a component according to claim 15, wherein the surface of the component opposite the substrate is subjected to lyophilic processing. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of locating a component according to claim 19, wherein a region of the component subjected to the lyophilic processing is the part of the surface opposite the substrate. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The method of locating a component according to claim 15, wherein a lyophilic region on the pattern substrate is similar to the surface of the component opposite the substrate. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method of locating a component according to claim 20, wherein a lyophilic region on the pattern substrate is similar to the region of the component subjected to the lyophilic processing. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The method of locating a component according to claim 15, wherein the liquid member has water as a main ingredient.