Patent ID: 7303643
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of laminating a relatively thick glass support plate to a relatively thin, rectangular TFT panel, said panel having a front face carrying thin film transistors (TFTs) associated with respective pixel positions over an area that stops short of extending to the edge of the panel on at least 3 edges leaving at least 3 respective peripheral strips of the front face of the panel that are free of TFTs, comprising: supporting the TFT panel over a cavity in a lamination chuck making physical contact with said peripheral strips of the panel and holding said peripheral strips to the chuck by vacuum suction, positioning the front face of the panel to face the cavity and having a back face of the panel facing away from the cavity; applying fluid pressure to the cavity, supporting a central portion of the TFT panel so the TFT panel does not bow in toward the cavity; uniformly applying a UV-curable resin between a front face of the glass support plate and the back face of the TFT panel; gradually moving the glass support plate and the TFT panel toward each other until the back face of the panel is laminated to the front face of the plate, with said UV-curable resin between the panel and plate; and curing the resin with UV light to complete the lamination.