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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Nobuaki Kamiyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hayato Takahashi, Chino, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuaki Kamiyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hayato Takahashi, Chino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01); B41J 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device manufacturing apparatus includes a discharge head discharging a droplet containing a functional material, a stage supporting a substrate on which the droplet is discharged, and which is capable of moving relative to the discharge head, a carrier carrying the substrate, a detector detecting a discharge condition of the droplet which is discharged from a discharge nozzle formed in the discharge head, and a controller executing a detection operation by the discharge device during a carrying operation of the substrate.