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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 11, 1999
Norihiko Egami, Hirakata, JP;
Nobutaka Hokazono, Neyagawa, JP;
Susumu Inoue, Kadoma, JP;
Shiro Sumita, Ishikawa, JP;
Naoto Sakai, Sendai, JP;
Hideki Matsukawa, Kanazawa, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lower substrate,on which an adhesive,has been applied and a liquid crystal material,has been deposited is held fixedly by vacuum suction with a suction-holding mechanism,within a vacuum chamber C. An upper substrate,held fixedly by vacuum suction with a suction-holding mechanism,is brought opposite to the lower substrate,with a predetermined spacing therebetween, and either or both of the substrates is/are brought in proximity with each other for bringing the upper substrate into contact with the adhesive,or the liquid crystal material,. Both substrates,are then moved relative to each other in a direction parallel to the substrate surface for position alignment, and thereafter, the substrates are moved closer to and pressed to each other so that they are affixed together.