Patent ID: 9692019
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H01L,Y02E,Y02P

Claim:
1. An element manufacturing method for forming an element on a substrate, the method comprising: a step of providing an intermediate product that includes the substrate and a protrusion extending in a normal direction of the substrate; a step of covering the intermediate product, at a side where the protrusion is provided, with a first surface of a lid member; and a close-fitting step of bringing the first surface of the lid member into close contact with the intermediate product in such a manner that a gas is injected into an enclosed space hermetically sealed from surroundings and formed on the lid member at a second surface opposite to the first surface so that an internal pressure of the enclosed space becomes higher than an internal pressure of a space between the lid member and the intermediate product, wherein: the element includes the substrate, a plurality of first electrodes each disposed on the substrate, an auxiliary electrode and the protrusion, both disposed between the first electrodes, an organic semiconductor layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the organic semiconductor layer and the auxiliary electrode; the intermediate product includes the substrate, the plurality of first electrodes disposed on the substrate, the auxiliary electrode and protrusion disposed between the first electrodes, and the organic semiconductor layer disposed on the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode; and the element manufacturing method further comprises the step of, after the close-fitting step, removing the organic semiconductor layer disposed on the auxiliary electrode.