Patent ID: 8197899

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a patterned thin-film layer, comprising: (a): providing a substrate with a plurality of banks thereon, the plurality of banks defining a plurality of spaces; (b): providing an ink jet device comprising a plurality of nozzles for depositing ink therefrom; (c): generating a jetting information about ink volume that each of the nozzles deposits into the respective spaces by a random method, the jetting information meeting ink volume deposited into each of the spaces is in a range from about 92.5% to about 107.5% of an average volume of ink in the spaces; (d): making the nozzles to deposit ink into the respective spaces according to the jetting information; (e): solidifying the ink so as to form a plurality of patterned thin-film layers formed in the spaces; and (f): providing another substrate with a plurality of banks thereon, repeating steps (d) and (e) until a predetermined number of substrates have respective patterned layers formed.