Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a bath in which a liquid or a gas is fed, and a mechanism which feeds out a liquid or a gas into the bath. The substrate processing apparatus processes a to-be-processed substrate which is disposed in the bath. The mechanism includes a first feed-out device and a second feed-out device configured to feed out the liquid or gas into the bath, the first feed-in device configured to start/stop the feed-out of the liquid or gas from the first feed-out device, and second feed-in device configured to start/stop the feed-out of the liquid or gas from the second feed-out device.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a bath, in which a liquid or a gas is fed, and a mechanism which feeds out a liquid or a gas into the bath. The substrate processing apparatus processes a to-be-processed substrate which is disposed in the bath. At least one rectifying plate is disposed near the to-be-processed substrate between the to-be-processed substrate and the mechanism.

Abstract: A protruding portion 29 composed of protruding portions 29a, 29b is provided, with the same material as that of color filter layers 21R, 21G, 21B and a black matrix layer 22 different from a seal material for adhesively attaching an array substrate and a counter substrate 12 to each other, on a principal surface of the counter substrate 12. A liquid crystal filling port for filling a liquid crystal material LC to compose a liquid crystal layer 13 between the substrates 11 and 12 is sectioned by the protruding portions 29a, 29b. The shape and dimensions of the liquid crystal filling port can be stabilized to improve manufacturability.

Abstract: A method to manufacture a liquid crystal display device including the steps of: forming contact holes 400, 401 in signal line-broken end portions 1020, 1021 of a signal line 102 in question with respect to a broken portion 20 lying in the signal line 102 in the condition where a center portion of each contact hole is made to deviate from a center portion of the signal line 102 in the direction of the width thereof; filling the contact holes with tungsten; and forming a tungsten line 50 to cover the tungsten-filled contact holes 500, 501 and the broken portion 20.

Abstract: An inspection circuit is constructed by first inspection TFTs provided to one end sides of signal lines, and second inspection TFTs provided to the other end sides of the signal lines. By using both the first inspection TFTs and the second inspection TFTs, the driving capability can be secured while miniaturizing the first inspection TFTs and the second inspection TFTs. Therefore, the signal lines can be reliably inspected while saving the space for the inspection circuit.

Abstract: An inspection circuit is constructed by first inspection TFTs provided to one end sides of signal lines, and second inspection TFTs provided to the other end sides of the signal lines. By using both the first inspection TFTs and the second inspection TFTs, the driving capability can be secured while miniaturizing the first inspection TFTs and the second inspection TFTs. Therefore, the signal lines can be reliably inspected while saving the space for the inspection circuit.

Abstract: A method to manufacture a liquid crystal display device including the steps of: forming contact holes 400, 401 in signal line-broken end portions 1020, 1021 of a signal line 102 in question with respect to a broken portion 20 lying in the signal line 102 in the condition where a center portion of each contact hole is made to deviate from a center portion of the signal line 102 in the direction of the width thereof; filling the contact holes with tungsten; and forming a tungsten line 50 to cover the tungsten-filled contact holes 500, 501 and the broken portion 20.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is equipped with an annular redundant wire that is formed to be nearer to the edge side of the array substrate than the respective outermost lines of plural scan lines and plural signal lines on the array substrate, surround all the scan lines and all the signal lines and cross each signal line through an insulating layer at two places. At least one of the signal lines has a wire-broken portion, and the redundant wire has recess portions at the two cross portions at which the redundant wire crosses the signal line having the wire-broken portion. The recess portions are embedded with a conductive material to thereby electrically connecting the redundant wire and the signal line having the wire-broken portion.

Abstract: A flat display apparatus incorporating a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate at a position distant from the first substrate for a predetermined distance, a sealing material disposed between the first and second substrates and formed into a frame-like shape to bond the first and second substrates to each other, a light modulation layer held in a gap between the first and second substrates bonded to each other with the sealing material, and spacers secured integrally with at least either of the first and second substrates to maintain the gap, wherein a portion of the spacers is disposed in the sealing-material portion and another portion of the spacers projects from the sealing material.

Abstract: A peripheral region of an array substrate is coated with a sealing agent in a manner to surround a display region, followed by arranging an opposite substrate to face the array substrate with a predetermined gap defined therebetween. Then, the sealing agent is heated for the curing while pressurizing the array substrate and the opposite substrate so as to seal these two substrates. After the sealing step, a liquid crystal composition is injected into the clearance between the array substrate and the opposite substrate through a liquid crystal injecting port formed in the sealing agent. The sealing agent should maintain a viscosity of at least 110 poises during the curing step of the sealing agent. The viscosity of the sealing agent, which is provided by a resin composition, is controlled by, for example, using a main component resin having a high molecular weight, a solvent having a low boiling point, and a curing agent that is liquid at room temperature.