Liquid droplet discharging method, and liquid droplet discharging apparatus

Abstract

A liquid droplet discharging method of the present invention forms a pattern on a substrate by discharging liquid droplets on the substrate from a discharging bead having a liquid droplet discharging device, and moving the discharging head and the substrate relatively, and includes the steps of: preparing CAD data specified by a combination of a plurality of vector data; preparing bitmap data including an XY-matrix in which discharging positions of the liquid droplets are specified based on the CAD data; preparing liquid droplet discharging data for discharging of the liquid droplets based on the bitmap data; and forming the pattern by driving the liquid droplet discharging device based on the liquid droplet discharging data.

1 . A liquid droplet discharging method in which discharging heads discharge liquid droplets onto a substrate while the discharging heads and the substrate are relatively moved, thereby foiling a pattern onto the substrate, the liquid droplet discharging method comprising the steps of:
 preparing a CAD data which is specified by a combination of a plurality of vector data, in accordance with a configuration of the pattern;   preparing a bit map data which specifies discharging positions of the liquid droplets based on the CAD data; and   preparing a liquid droplet discharging data used for discharging the liquid droplets based on the bitmap data, wherein   in the step of preparing the liquid droplet discharging data, the liquid droplet discharging data is prepared in accordance with impact diameters of the liquid droplets on the substrate.   
   
   
       2 . A liquid droplet discharging apparatus in which discharging heads discharge liquid droplets onto a substrate while the discharging heads and the substrate are relatively moved, thereby forming a pattern onto the substrate, the liquid droplet discharging apparatus comprising:
 a CAD data preparing device which prepares a CAD data which is specified by a combination of a plurality of vector data, in accordance with a configuration of the pattern;   a bitmap data preparing device which prepares a bit map data which specifies discharging positions of the liquid droplets based on the CAD data; and   a liquid droplet discharging data preparing device which prepares a liquid droplet discharging data used for discharging the liquid droplets based on the bitmap data, wherein   the liquid droplet discharging data preparing device prepares the liquid droplet discharging data in accordance with impact diameters of the liquid droplets on the substrate.