A substrate cartridge includes a cartridge main body that houses a substrate and an information-maintaining section that is housed in the cartridge main body and maintains information that includes at least specification information of specification values of the substrate housed in the cartridge main body.

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›1.independentA substrate-processing system comprising:na substrate-processing apparatus that processes a flexible band-shaped substrate;a substrate cartridge conne…+22

›2.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information-maintaining section maintains process information that is based on the s…d2

›3.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, whereinnthe information-maintaining section that maintains information further comprising at lea…d2

›4.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the specification value comprises at least one of a material, flexibility, heat-resistan…d2

›5.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the specification value comprises at least one of a lyophilic property for a predetermin…d2

›6.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the specification information comprises pretreatment information relating to a pretreatm…d2

›7.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information comprises identification information that is used for identifying the ca…d2

›8.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information-maintaining section is disposed at a plurality of positions.d2

›9.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information-maintaining section is disposed so as to be detachable from the cartridg…d2

›10.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit that is connected to the information-maintaining section…d2

›11.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge main body further comprises a mounting unit that is connected to the subst…d2+2

›14.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge main body further comprises a substrate-driving mechanism that performs at…d2

›15.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information-maintaining section further comprises a display portion that displays th…d2

›16.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1 wherein the substrate-processing apparatus further comprises:na substrate-processing unit that pr…d2+5

›22.↳ 1The substrate-processing system according to claim 1, wherein a process of the substrate-processing apparatus comprises at least one unit process corr…d2+1

›24.independentA substrate-processing system comprising:na substrate-processing apparatus that processes a flexible band-shaped substrate;a substrate cartridge conne…+30

›25.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24, wherein the process information further comprises defect information of the substrate.d2

›26.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24,nwherein the process information further comprises positional information of a predetermined por…d2+4

›31.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24,nwherein the process information comprises progress information of a predetermined process for t…d2

›32.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24,nwherein the process information comprises form information of a formation layer that is formed …d2

›33.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24,nwherein the process information comprises shape information on a shape of the substrate.d2

›34.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24,nwherein the substrate is formed by connecting a plurality of unit substrates, andwherein the pr…d2

›35.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24,nwherein at least a part of the process information is formed in the substrate.d2

›36.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24, wherein the information-maintaining section is disposed so as to be detachable from the cartrid…d2

›37.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24, wherein the information-maintaining section is disposed at a plurality of positions.d2

›38.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24, further comprising a communication unit that is connected to the information-maintaining sectio…d2

›39.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24,nwherein the communication unit receives the process information corresponding to the identifica…d2

›40.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24, wherein the cartridge main body further comprises a mounting unit that is connected to a substr…d2+2

›43.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24, wherein the cartridge main body comprises a substrate-driving mechanism that performs at least …d2

›44.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24, wherein the information-maintaining section comprises a display portion that displays the infor…d2

›45.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24, wherein the information-maintaining section comprises the process information in correspondence…d2

›46.↳ 24The substrate-processing system according to claim 24 wherein the substrate-processing apparatus further comprises:na substrate-processing unit that p…d2+8

›47.↳ 46The substrate-processing system according to claim 46, wherein the information maintained in the information-maintaining section of the substrate cart…d3

›48.↳ 46The substrate-processing system according to claim 46, wherein the substrate-processing apparatus further comprises an apparatus-side terminal portion…d3

›49.↳ 46The substrate-processing system according to claim 46, wherein the substrate-processing unit comprises an apparatus-side communication section that pe…d3

›50.↳ 46The substrate-processing system according to claim 46, wherein the main control unit transmits information to the information-maintaining section of t…d3+3

›54.↳ 46The substrate-processing system according to claim 46, further comprising an information assigning unit that assigns the information to the substrate,…d3

›55.independentA method of manufacturing an electric circuit that forms an electric circuit on a sheet substrate having a band-shape and flexibility, the method of m…+5

A method of manufacturing an electric circuit that forms an electric circuit on a sheet substrate having a band-shape and flexibility, the method of manufacturing an electric circuit comprising:npreparing a plurality of substrate cartridges that includes a cartridge main body and an information-storage part, the cartridge main body including, (i) a shaft member configured to wind up the sheet substrate, (ii) a housing portion configured to house the sheet substrate in a state in which the sheet substrate is wound around the shaft member, (iii) a mounting part configured to detachably connect the housing portion to an outside-connecting part of a processing apparatus which is configured to form the electric circuit on the sheet substrate, (iv) an opening portion that is arranged at the mounting part and that is configured to put in and out the sheet substrate from the housing portion to the processing apparatus or from the processing apparatus to the housing portion, the information-storage part being configured to storage (i) a specification information of the sheet substrate which is housed in the cartridge main body or (ii) a process information regarding a process of the processing apparatus,connecting a supplying-substrate cartridge to a supply-side connection portion of the processing apparatus via the mounting part, the supplying-substrate cartridge being one of the plurality of substrate cartridges which is housing an unprocessed sheet substrate for a predetermined longitudinal size and which is storing the specification information in the information-storage part,connecting one of the plurality of substrate cartridges as a recovering-substrate cartridge to a recovery-side connection portion of the processing apparatus via the mounting part,performing a process to form the electric circuit on the sheet substrate supplied from the supplying-substrate cartridge based on a processing condition set in the processing apparatus in accordance with the specification information stored in the information-storage part of the supplying-substrate cartridge;housing the processed sheet substrate in the recovering-substrate cartridge, andtransmitting a process progress information performed on the sheet substrate by the processing apparatus together with the specification information stored in the information-storage part of the supplying-substrate cartridge to the information-storage part of the recovering-substrate cartridge.

›56.↳ 55The method of manufacturing an electric circuit according to claim 55,nwherein the electric circuit includes a thin film transistor and wiring connect…d2+4

›57.↳ 56The method of manufacturing an electric circuit according to claim 56,nwherein the processing apparatus is configured to control a processing conditio…d3+3

›58.↳ 57The method of manufacturing an electric circuit according to claim 57,nwherein, when each of a heating process, a cooling process, a conveying process…d4+2

›61.independentA method of manufacturing an electric circuit that forms an electric circuit on a sheet substrate having a band-shape and flexibility, the method of m…+6

A method of manufacturing an electric circuit that forms an electric circuit on a sheet substrate having a band-shape and flexibility, the method of manufacturing an electric circuit comprising:npreparing a plurality of substrate cartridges that includes a cartridge main body and an information-storage part, the cartridge main body including, (i) a shaft member configured to wind up the sheet substrate, (ii) a housing portion configured to house the sheet substrate in a state in which the sheet substrate is wound around the shaft member, (iii) a mounting part configured to detachably connect the housing portion to an outside-connecting part of a processing apparatus which is configured to form the electric circuit on the sheet substrate, (iv) an opening portion that is arranged at the mounting part and that is configured to put in and out the sheet substrate from the housing portion to the processing apparatus or from the processing apparatus to the housing portion, the information-storage part being configured to storage a process information including a positional information of a predetermined portion of the sheet substrate stored in the cartridge main body,connecting a supplying-substrate cartridge to a supply-side connection portion of the processing apparatus via the mounting part, the supplying-substrate cartridge being one of the plurality of substrate cartridges which is housing an unprocessed sheet substrate for a predetermined longitudinal size and which is storing the process information in the information-storage part,connecting a substrate cartridge not storing the sheet substrate as a recovering-substrate cartridge to a recovery-side connection portion of the processing apparatus via the mounting part,performing a process to form the electric circuit on the sheet substrate supplied from the supplying-substrate cartridge under a processing condition set in the processing apparatus based on the process information stored in the information-storage part of the supplying-substrate cartridge;housing the processed sheet substrate in the recovering-substrate cartridge, andstoring the process information stored in the information-storage part of the supplying-substrate cartridge and a process progress information performed on the sheet substrate by the processing apparatus to the information-storage part of the recovering-substrate cartridge.

›62.↳ 61The method of manufacturing an electric circuit according to claim 61,nwherein the sheet substrate stored in the supplying-substrate cartridge is form…d2

›63.↳ 61The method of manufacturing an electric circuit according to claim 61,nwherein the positional information of the predetermined portion stored as the p…d2+1

›65.↳ 61The method of manufacturing an electric circuit according to claim 61,nwherein the position information includes a distance between an end portion of …d2

›66.↳ 61The method of manufacturing an electric circuit according to claim 61,nwherein the process information further includes at least one of a defect infor…d2

›67.↳ 61The method of manufacturing an electric circuit according to claim 61,nwherein the processing apparatus includes a detection part configured to detect…d2

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section B — Performing operations; transporting

B65G49/00
B65D25/38
B65D85/00

Section G — Physics

G06F19/00

Section H — Electricity

H05K13/00
H01L27/32
H01L51/00

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