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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Toshihiro Katoh, Tokyo-To, JP;
Takao Kuriyama, Tokyo-To, JP;
Tatsuya Takei, Tokyo-To, JP;
Takashi Kawai, Tokyo-To, JP;
Hiroshi Murakami, Tokyo-To, JP;
Eiji Munemoto, Tokyo-To, JP;
Norio Ohta, Tokyo-To, JP;
Koji Shimada, Tokyo-To, JP;
Nippon Hoso Kyokai, , JP;
Dai Nippon Printing Co.,Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims to solve problems involved in the formation of a conductive or insulating layer in a pattern form by photolithography, i.e., an environmental problem associated with handling a solvent and a problem associated with wastewater treatment in the development with an aqueous alkaline solution. A method for forming a conductive layer (an anode bus 3) or an insulating layer (a barrier 1) on a glass substrate by photolithography using a photosensitive slurry solution prepared by mixing a low-melting glass powder as a binder and a conductive or insulating powder into a PVA-based, water-soluble photosensitive solution, wherein the content of B.sub.2 O.sub.3 component in the whole low-melting glass powder is closely regulated to not more than 6% by weight. This enables coating without gelation of PVA. Unlike the conventional photolithography using a solvent type photosensitive slurry, the method of the present invention can solve the environmental problem associated with handling a solvent and the problem associated with wastewater treatment in the development with an aqueous alkaline solution.