Photo-Alingment Apparatus, and Method for Fabricating Liquid Crystal Display

• Main Authors: KAO KER-YIH, TSENG HUNG-I
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.04.2013
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CINEMATOGRAPHY; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; HOLOGRAPHY; MATERIALS THEREFOR; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

A photo-alignment apparatus is provided, which includes an exposure machine, at least one mask and a photo-alignment area. The exposure machine includes a light source, a polarization plate, and a multilayer splitter. The light source emits an unpolarized light. The polarization plate receives the unpolarized light and converts the unpolarized light into a polarized light. The multilayer splitter split the polarized light into a first light beam and a second light beam. The mask includes at least two transmission portions which allow the first and second light beams to be transmitted therethrough and be projected onto the photo-alignment area for exposure thereto.