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KR101261235B1 - Liquid crystal dispensing system using piezo valve - Google Patents
Liquid crystal dispensing system using piezo valve Download PDF
2012-10-25 Priority to KR1020120118802A priority Critical patent/KR101261235B1/en
2013-05-07 Publication of KR101261235B1 publication Critical patent/KR101261235B1/en
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal supply device using a piezo valve, which consists of a liquid crystal storage unit (1), a liquid crystal supply control device (2), a piezo valve (3), a controller (4) and a nozzle (5), The double piezo valve 3 includes an upper body 10 having an accommodating part 11 formed therein and a through hole 12 penetrating downward from the inside of the accommodating part 11; A lower main body 20 installed below the upper main body 10 and having a nozzle 5 coupled to the lower side and having a flow path 21 through which liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal supply adjusting device 2 flows; An actuator 30 installed in the accommodating part 11 and elevating under the control of the controller 4; It is installed vertically in the through hole 12, the upper portion is connected to the actuator 30 is operated by the lifting operation of the actuator 30 to adjust the liquid crystal introduced into the flow path 21 of the lower body nozzle (5) It characterized in that consisting of;
According to the above configuration, the present invention reacts quickly according to the application of power, and precisely controls the liquid crystal by using a precisely operated piezo valve so that it can be supplied to the glass substrate, thereby greatly improving the production capacity of the flat panel display.
Liquid crystal supply device using piezo valves {LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPENSING SYSTEM USING PIEZO VALVE}
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) supply system, and more particularly, to manufacture a flat panel display such as LCD, OLED, etc. by controlling the supply of the liquid crystal using a piezo valve to accurately and quickly The present invention relates to a liquid crystal supply apparatus using a piezo valve to supply.
Recently, the demand for lighter and thinner display devices has explosively increased, and accordingly, the production of flat panel displays such as LCDs and OLEDs has increased rapidly.
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is an electric device that changes and transmits various electrical information generated by various devices to visual information by using the change of liquid crystal transmittance according to the applied voltage. There is a disadvantage that back light is required because it does not have self-luminous property.
Recently, OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) has been developed and widely used to make up for the shortcomings of LCDs requiring backlighting. OLED is a self-luminous type that emits light by using electroluminescence which emits light when electric current flows through fluorescent organic compounds Organic materials, such OLEDs, have the advantage of lowering the manufacturing cost compared to LCD because the OLED is guaranteed more than the LCD, and the manufacturing process is not only simple, but also does not need a back light.
In order to manufacture a flat panel display made of LCD, a small amount of liquid crystal (LC) must be precisely adjusted and supplied. A conventional liquid crystal supply apparatus for supplying a liquid crystal to a flat panel display is shown in FIG. A liquid crystal storage unit 100 to be stored therein, a syringe 200 to which the liquid crystals of the liquid crystal storage unit 100 are supplied, a transfer device 300 including a ball screw to drive the syringe 200, and the transfer apparatus. A controller 400 for controlling 300, a power supply unit 500 for supplying power to the transfer device 300, and a nozzle 600 for discharging the liquid crystal in the syringe 200 to the display 700. .
The conventional liquid crystal supply device precisely drives the transfer device 300 to apply a pressure to the piston of the syringe 200 to supply a small amount of liquid crystal to the glass substrate 700 to the detachable nozzle 600 located below. However, not only is there a limit on the driving speed of the ball screw or other feeding device, but also a precision driving is limited, so that it is difficult to supply a very small amount of liquid crystals quickly, resulting in a decrease in the production speed. It does not meet the demand for a device that can produce a fast time.
In addition, when manufacturing an OLED flat panel display using fluorescent organic compounds (hereinafter referred to as 'liquid crystal' collectively called 'liquid crystal' of LCD and 'organic compound' of OLED, it is generally manufactured by vacuum deposition method. In the vacuum deposition method, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of glass substrates 820 are arranged in the rotary holder 810 installed in the vacuum container 800, and a diaphragm 830 is positioned below the diaphragm 830. In the lower portion of the organic compound container 840 is provided with a heating device again to heat the organic compound in the container 840 by the heating device is evaporated, and then finely controlled by the opening and closing amount of the iris 830 The vapor of the organic compound is raised to vacuum deposition on a plurality of glass substrate 820.
However, when the OLED is manufactured using the vacuum deposition method, the size of the vacuum deposition container is limited, which limits the mass production, and the manufacturing time is too long to meet the market demand for mass production.
The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the conventional flat panel display manufacturing system as described above, it is possible to precise control and using a piezo valve to improve the production capacity by supplying a small amount of liquid crystal at high speed The object is to provide a liquid crystal supply device.
An object of the present invention as described above is a liquid crystal supply device, a liquid crystal storage unit, a liquid crystal supply control device for pressurizing and supplying the liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal storage unit, and finely control the liquid crystal supplied through the liquid crystal supply control device And a nozzle for controlling the operation of the piezo valve, and a nozzle for discharging the liquid crystal controlled through the piezo valve to a glass substrate, wherein the liquid crystal supply controller is supplied from the liquid crystal storage unit. It consists of a syringe for pressurizing the liquid crystal to supply to the piezo valve, and a linear motor connected to the piston of the syringe to control the stroke of the piston, the piezo valve is formed in the receiving portion therein and from the inside of the receiving portion to the bottom An upper body having a through hole formed therethrough, and installed in a lower portion of the upper body; A lower body having a flow path coupled to the lower part and having a flow path for injecting the liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal supply control device, an actuator installed in the accommodating part and moving up and down under the control of the controller, and vertically perpendicular to the through hole. Installed and connected to the actuator is operated by the lifting operation of the actuator is achieved by configuring a piston for controlling the liquid crystal introduced into the flow path of the lower body to supply to the nozzle.
In this case, the actuator is fixed to the inside of the receiving portion of the upper body fixed block formed with a through hole, the stack fixing portion is installed in the through hole, the ceramic stack installed in the stack fixing portion, and the ceramic stack A pair of variable blocks installed at an upper portion of the ceramic stack and variable by a lifting operation of the ceramic stack expanded by a voltage applied to the stack fixing portion, an arm coupled to each of the variable blocks, and a lower end of the arm, respectively; It may be implemented by consisting of a joint member.
And it is further provided with a lifting block connecting the lower end of the joint member, the piston may be implemented to be coupled to the lifting block.
In addition, the joint member may be implemented to be inclined downward toward the center.
In addition, the lower body is disposed horizontally to have a length, a plurality of nozzles are installed below the lower body along the length of the lower body, the upper body of the lower body to correspond to the number of nozzles It may be carried out to be installed on the top.
The lower body may further include a through hole connected to the nozzle and a connection flow path connecting the flow path to the through hole.
The present invention reacts quickly according to the application of power, and finely controls and supplies the liquid crystal supplied by the liquid crystal supply control device using a precisely operated piezo valve, thereby increasing the production quality of the flat panel display and increasing the production efficiency. It can be greatly increased.
In addition, the present invention can be installed in close contact with a plurality of piezo valves at a time as needed, so that a small amount of liquid crystal can be tightly sprayed on a glass substrate over a large area, and as a result, the production efficiency is improved.
1 and 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a conventional liquid crystal supply apparatus in the liquid crystal manufacturing apparatus,
3 is a configuration diagram showing an overall configuration of a liquid crystal supply apparatus using a piezo valve according to the present invention;
4 is a front view showing an example of a piezo valve according to the present invention;
Figure 5 (a, b) is a side view showing an example of the piezo valve according to the present invention,
6 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a piezo valve according to the present invention;
Figure 7 (a) is a cross-sectional view showing an actuator according to the present invention,
Figure 7 (b) is a partially enlarged view showing the nozzle and the lower body according to the present invention,
8 is a side view showing an example in which a plurality of piezo valves connected and installed according to the present invention.
Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention through the accompanying drawings showing a preferred embodiment will be described in more detail.
The present invention is to provide a liquid crystal supply device that can quickly supply a small amount of liquid crystal to the glass substrate, the liquid crystal supply device of the present invention as shown in Figure 3 liquid crystal storage unit (1), the liquid crystal It consists of a feed regulator (2), a piezo valve (3), a controller (4) and a nozzle (5).
The liquid crystal storage unit 1 is a container for storing an appropriate amount of liquid crystal so that the liquid crystal can be supplied to the glass substrate 5 on which the liquid crystal is to be applied, and the liquid crystal storage unit 1 stores the liquid crystal stored in the syringe 2A. Liquid crystal supply piping (not shown) is connected.
In order to apply the liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal storage unit 1 to the glass substrate 6, an appropriate pressure must be applied to the liquid crystal. For this purpose, a liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal storage unit 1 is provided downstream of the liquid crystal storage unit 1. The liquid crystal supply control device 2 is provided to pressurize the gas and supply it to the piezo valve 3 installed downstream thereof. The liquid crystal supply control device 2 downstream the liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal storage unit 1. It consists of a syringe (2A) installed on the side, and a linear motor (2B) attached to the piston of the syringe (2A) to control the stroke of the piston, wherein the operation of the linear motor (2B) is described later. 4), a certain amount of liquid crystal is supplied at a constant pressure to the piezo valve 3 positioned downstream of the liquid crystal supply control device 2 by this configuration.
Even if the liquid crystal of a certain amount and pressure is supplied by the liquid crystal supply control device 2, the liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal supply control device 2 is sprayed onto the glass substrate 6 as it is, and the driving speed of the linear motor is applied. It is difficult to supply very fine amounts of liquid crystal quickly because of limitations and in fact, fine and precise driving is difficult.
Accordingly, in the present invention, the liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal supply control device 2 is more finely adjusted to be supplied to the glass substrate 6. For this purpose, the piezo valve 3 is disposed downstream of the liquid crystal supply control device 2. Is provided.
Piezo valve (3) used in the present invention has a structure that can be supplied by finely adjusting the amount of liquid crystal, for this purpose the piezo valve (3) is the upper body as shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 10, the lower body 20, the actuator 30 and the piston 40.
The lower part of the upper body 10 is closed and the upper part is open while having a hollow receiving part 11, and a piston 40 and a cylinder 41 may be installed in the center of the closed lower part. The through hole 12 is formed to be.
An actuator 30 is installed in the hollow accommodating part 11 formed in the upper body 10, as shown in FIG. 6, and the actuator 30 is in the accommodating part 11 of the upper body 10. Fixing block 31 is fixed to the through-hole 31A is formed, the stack fixing part 32 is installed in the through hole 31A of the fixed block 31, and installed inside the stack fixing part 32 A pair of variable blocks which are installed on the ceramic stack 33 and the ceramic stack 33 which is installed on the ceramic stack 33 and are expanded by a voltage applied to the stack fixing part 32. 34, the arm 35 is coupled to the side of the variable block 34, respectively having an upper and lower length, and the upper end is connected to the lower end of the arm 35, respectively, the joint member 36 is installed to be inclined downward toward the center And an elevating block 37 connecting the lower end of the joint member 36 and coupled to the piston 40 to be described later.
Piston 40 coupled to the lower portion of the lifting block 37 to open and close the flow path formed in the lower body 20 to be described later is installed through the through hole 12 formed in the center of the upper body 10 vertically, At this time, the piston 40 may be implemented by being coupled to the lifting block 37 as described above, or directly coupled to the joint member 36 without using the lifting block 37, and thus the piston 40 ) Is coupled to the elevating block 37, it is preferable that the piston 40 and the elevating block 37 is coupled to the elevating block by the screw method so as to be removable.
The lower body 20 coupled to the lower part of the upper body 10 by bolts allows liquid crystals supplied by the combination of the linear motor 2B and the syringe 2A to be supplied to the piezo valve 3. A flow path 21 is formed, and the flow path 21 is connected to the nozzle 5 attached to the lower part of the lower body 20. For this purpose, a vertical through hole 22 is formed in the lower body 20. The nozzle 5 is attached to the lower end of this through hole 22.
A connection flow passage 23 is formed between the flow passage 21 and the through hole 22 formed in the lower main body 20, and the lower end portion of the piston 40 is positioned in the connection flow passage 23 so that the piston 40 may be disposed. As the piston 40 enters and exits by the operation, the flow of the liquid crystal in the connection flow path 23 in the downstream direction is controlled.
At this time, the nozzle (5) is coupled to the lower portion of the lower body 20 by a screwing method so as to be detachable, whereby the user can be replaced with another nozzle 5 of different diameter or if necessary By appropriately adjusting the contact gap with the lower body 20, the spraying performance of the nozzle 5 can be improved.
The operation of the piezo valve (3) described above is controlled by the controller (4), and the display panel is input to the controller (4) to input the input set value, and to output and monitor the measured value according to the operation. Connection is installed. In this case, the controller 4 may be provided with a control module 4A for controlling the operation of the linear motor 2B or a separate controller (not shown) for controlling the operation of the linear motor 2B.
Hereinafter, the operation of supplying the liquid crystal to the glass substrate by using the liquid crystal supply device of the present invention having the above configuration will be briefly described.
First, the liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal storage unit 1 by the operation of the linear motor 2B and the syringe 2A of the liquid crystal supply control device 2 is formed in the lower body 20 of the piezo valve 3. 21 is supplied to the connection flow path 23, and at this time, the liquid crystal supplied to the connection flow path 23 is in a state in which the connection flow path 23 is open (Normal Open), so that a small amount of liquid crystal is directed toward the nozzle (5). It is sprayed on the substrate 6.
When the voltage is supplied to the stack fixing part 32 of the piezo valve 3 by the control of the controller 4, the ceramic stack 33 located inside the stack fixing part 32 is expanded, and as a result, As shown in FIG. 7 (a), the inner sides of the pair of variable blocks 34 connected to the ceramic stack 33 are respectively raised to push the upper part of the arm 35 connected thereto to the outside. The lower end of the) is pushed inwardly to push the joint member 36 inclined at the lower portion thereof, thereby lowering the piston 40 connected to the lower end of the joint member 36 to block the connection flow path 23. As a result, the liquid crystal supply to the nozzle 5 is cut off.
On the other hand, the piezo valve (3) having the configuration as described above can be used as a plurality arranged in a line form as shown in Figure 8, in this case the lower body 20 is a plurality of upper to be installed on the upper It is arranged horizontally with a length corresponding to the width of the main body, a plurality of nozzles 5 are installed on the bottom of the lower body 20 at regular intervals along the length, and a plurality of nozzles on the upper surface of the lower body 20 The upper body 10 may be installed to correspond to the number of installation of the nozzle (5). At this time, the flow path formed in the lower body 20 is connected by one common pipe.
As described above, when a plurality of upper bodies having piezo actuators installed therein are installed on one lower body, the separation distance between the piezo valves is shortened. As a result, a minute amount of liquid crystal is tightly dispensed onto the glass substrate. It can be sprayed in large quantities at once, which is advantageous for mass production.
As described above, the present invention reacts quickly according to the application of power, and precisely adjusts a small amount of liquid crystal by using a precisely operated piezo valve, so that it can be supplied to a glass substrate. Efficiency is greatly improved.
1: liquid crystal storage unit 2: liquid crystal supply control device
2A: Syringe 2B: Linear Motor
3: piezo valve 4: controller
4A: Drive Module 4B: Power Supply
5: nozzle 6: glass substrate
10: upper body 11: receiving portion
12: through hole 20: lower body
21: Euro 22: through hole
23: connection path 30: actuator
31: fixed block 31A: through hole
32: stack fixing 33: ceramic stack
34: variable block 35: female
36: joint member 37: lifting block
40: piston 41: cylinder
A liquid crystal storage unit 1; A liquid crystal supply control device (2) for pressurizing and supplying a liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal storage unit (1); A piezo valve (3) for finely controlling the liquid crystal supplied through the liquid crystal supply adjusting device (2); A controller (4) for controlling the operation of said piezo valve (3); It consists of a nozzle (5) for discharging the liquid crystal adjusted to the flow rate through the piezo valve (3) to the glass substrate (6),
The liquid crystal supply control device (2) comprises a syringe (2A) for pressurizing the liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal storage unit (1) to supply to the piezo valve (3); It is made of a linear motor (2B) connected to the piston of the syringe 2A to control the stroke of the piston,
The piezo valve 3 includes an upper body 10 having an accommodating part 11 formed therein and a through hole 12 penetrating downward from the inside of the accommodating part 11;
The lower body 20 is installed in the lower portion of the upper body 10, the nozzle 5 is coupled to the lower portion, the lower body 20 is formed with a flow path 21 through which the liquid crystal supplied from the liquid crystal supply control device 2 flows; ;
An actuator (30) installed in the accommodating portion (11) and operating up and down by the control of the controller (4);
Vertically installed in the through-hole 12, the upper portion is connected to the actuator 30 is operated by the lifting operation of the actuator 30 to adjust the liquid crystal introduced into the flow path 21 of the lower body Liquid crystal supply device using a piezo valve, characterized in that consisting of; a piston (40) for supplying to the nozzle (5).
The actuator 30 includes a fixed block 31 installed and fixed inside the receiving portion 11 of the upper body 10 and having a through hole 31A formed therein; A stack fixing part 32 installed in the through hole 31A; A ceramic stack 33 installed inside the stack fixing portion 32; A pair of variable blocks (34) mounted on the ceramic stack (33) and variable by a lifting operation of the ceramic stack (33) expanding by a voltage applied to the stack fixing portion (32); Arms 35 respectively coupled to the variable block 34; Liquid crystal supply apparatus using a piezo valve, characterized in that consisting of a joint member (36) which is respectively installed at the lower end of the arm (35).
A lifting block 37 for connecting the lower end of the joint member 36 is further provided,
The piston 40 is a liquid crystal supply device using a piezo valve, characterized in that coupled to the lifting block (37).
The joint member 36 is a liquid crystal supply device using a piezo valve, characterized in that installed to be inclined downward toward the center.
The lower body 20 is disposed horizontally to have a length, a plurality of nozzles 5 are installed in the lower portion of the lower body 20 along the length of the lower body 20, the upper body ( 10) is a liquid crystal supply device using a piezo valve, characterized in that installed on the upper portion of the lower body 20 so as to correspond to the number of the nozzle (5).
The lower body 20 has a through hole 22 connected to the nozzle 5; A liquid crystal supply device using a piezo valve, characterized in that the connection passage 23 for connecting the flow passage 21 and the through hole 22 is further formed.
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