US Patent 7461912 Device manufacturing apparatus, device manufacturing method, and electronic equipment

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.