Patents by Inventor Masanori Okawa

Masanori Okawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8035058
    Abstract: A region surrounded by two gate wiring and two drain wiring includes pixels and when there is a defect of short-circuit in adjacent pixel electrodes, the short-circuited portion is removed by irradiating a laser via a mask having a transmission pattern, which corresponds to a pattern of the gate wiring, drain wiring and pixel electrodes in the short-circuited portion. The above short-circuited portion is identified and removed in comparison to a normal pattern, by use of information from an inspection apparatus, and the pattern defect formed on the substrate is automatically repaired. By applying the above method to a manufacturing process of display apparatus, in particular, to a resist pattern forming process, a display apparatus having a highly qualified display property may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Nakasu, Kaoru Yamada, Yuichiro Tanaka, Takeshi Arai, Hideyuki Honoki, Kazushi Yoshimura, Tetsuya Kawamura, Masanori Okawa
  • Publication number: 20060065645
    Abstract: A region surrounded by two gate wiring and two drain wiring includes pixels and when there is a defect of short-circuit in adjacent pixel electrodes, the short-circuited portion is removed by irradiating a laser via a mask having a transmission pattern, which corresponds to a pattern of the gate wiring, drain wiring and pixel electrodes in the short-circuited portion. The above short-circuited portion is identified and removed in comparison to a normal pattern, by use of information from an inspection apparatus, and the pattern defect formed on the substrate is automatically repaired. By applying the above method to a manufacturing process of display apparatus, in particular, to a resist pattern forming process, a display apparatus having a highly qualified display property may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Nobuaki Nakasu, Kaoru Yamada, Yuichiro Tanaka, Takeshi Arai, Hideyuki Honoki, Kazushi Yoshimura, Tetsuya Kawamura, Masanori Okawa