Liquid drop discharge method and discharge device; electro optical device, method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacture thereof; color filter method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacturing thereof; and device incorporating backing, method of manufacture thereof, and device for manufacture thereof

An electro optical device comprising a substrate which is provided with a plurality of electrodes, and a plurality of electro-luminescent layers which are provided in correspondence with said electrodes upon this substrate, wherein:

• each of a plurality of discharge means comprises a liquid drop discharge head which is provided with a plurality of nozzles which discharge a liquid mass including an electro-luminescent material, a mounting board on which said liquid drop discharge head is mounted, and a connector arranged on said mounting board;
• a holding means holds and aligns said plurality of discharge means so that arrangement directions of said plurality of nozzles are approximately parallel, and so that said plurality of discharge means are arranged so that the portion of each discharge means in which said connector is arranged on said mounting board does not interfere with other of said plurality of discharge means;
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• said liquid drop discharge heads arranged in said holding means discharge a predetermined amount of the liquid mass to predetermined positions on said substrate from predetermined nozzles so as to form said electro-luminescent layers while shifting relative to said substrate in a state where a plane, on which said plurality of nozzles are arranged, is directed along a surface of said substrate.

An electro optical device comprising a substrate and color filters of different colors which are formed on said substrate, wherein:

• each of a plurality of discharge means comprises a liquid drop discharge head which is provided with a plurality of nozzles which discharge a liquid mass including a filter material of a predetermined color, a mounting board on which said liquid drop discharge head is mounted, and a connector arranged on said mounting board;
• a holding means holds and aligns said plurality of discharge means so that arrangement directions of said plurality of nozzles are approximately parallel, and so that said plurality of discharge means are aligned so that the portion of each discharge means in which said connector is arranged on said mounting board does not interfere with other of said plurality of discharge means;
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• said liquid drop discharge heads arranged in said holding means discharge a predetermined amount of the liquid mass to predetermined positions on said substrate from predetermined nozzles so as to form said color filters while shifting relative to said substrate in a state where a plane, on which said plurality of nozzles are arranged, faces a surface of said substrate at a predetermined distance.

Color filters which are formed so as to present different colors on a substrate, wherein:

• each of a plurality of discharge means comprises a liquid drop discharge head which is provided with a plurality of nozzles which discharge a liquid mass including a filter material of a predetermined color, a mounting board on which said liquid drop discharge head is mounted, and a connector arranged on said mounting board;
• a holding means holds and aligns said plurality of discharge means so that arrangement directions of said plurality of nozzles are approximately parallel, and so that said plurality of discharge means are arranged so that the portion of each discharge means in which said connectors in connector is arranged on said mounting board does not interfere with other of said discharge means;
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• said liquid drop discharge heads arranged in said holding means discharge a predetermined amount of the liquid mass to predetermined positions on said substrate from predetermined nozzles so as to form said color filters while shifting relative to said substrate in a state where a plane, on which said plurality of nozzles are arranged, faces a surface of said substrate at a predetermined distance.

A discharge method, comprising:

• providing a plurality of discharge means each comprising a liquid drop discharge head which is provided with a plurality of nozzles which discharge a liquid mass having a certain flowability, a mounting board on which the liquid discharge head is mounted, and a connector which is arranged on the mounting board;
• aligning the plurality of discharge means in holding means so that arrangement directions of the plurality of nozzles are approximately parallel, and so that the plurality of discharge means are arranged so that the portion of each discharge means in which the connector in the mounting board is arranged does not interfere with other of the of discharge means;
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• discharging from the liquid drop discharge heads arranged in the holding means a predetermined amount of the liquid mass from predetermined nozzles to predetermined positions of an object onto which liquid drops are to be discharged while shifting the plurality of discharge means relative to the object onto which liquid drops are to be discharged in a state where a plane, on which the plurality of nozzles are arranged, is directed along a surface of the object onto which liquid drops are to be discharged.

A device comprising a substrate and a predetermined layer which is formed by discharging a liquid mass having a certain flowability onto said substrate, wherein:

• each of a plurality of discharge means comprises a liquid drop discharge head which is provided with a plurality of nozzles which discharge said liquid mass, a mounting board on which said liquid drop discharge head is mounted, and a connector arranged on said mounting board;
• a holding means holds and aligns said plurality of discharge means so that arrangement directions of said plurality of nozzles are approximately parallel, and so that said plurality of discharge means are arranged so that the portion of each discharge means which said in container is arranged on said mounting board does not interfere with other of said plurality of discharge means;
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• said liquid drop discharge heads arranged in said holding means discharge a predetermined amount of said liquid mass to predetermined positions on said substrate from predetermined nozzles so as to form said predetermined layer while shifting relative to said substrate in a state where a plane, on which said plurality of nozzles are arranged, is directed along a surface of said substrate.