IP Library Granted Patent US 12692591
Granted Patent B2
US 12692591 · App. 18/980,581 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Deposition apparatus

Inventors: Ki Sun Jang (Yongin-si, KR); Kwan Yong Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Jong Ho Park (Yongin-si, KR); Hyung Keon Cho (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
C23C14/351H01F7/0294H01J37/345H01J37/3452H01J37/3455
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Patent No.
US 12692591
App. No.
18/980,581
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deposition apparatus includes a chamber including an internal space where a deposition process takes place, and at least one magnet unit positioned below the chamber and including a first magnet member and a second magnet member, the second magnet member being positioned around an outer periphery of the first magnet member and spaced apart from the first magnet member, wherein the first magnet member includes a first magnet main body, which extends in a first direction, and a first magnet extension, which is positioned at at least one end of the first magnet main body and has a width greater than a width of the first magnet main body in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and the first magnet extension includes a penetration hole.

Claims (51)

1 . A deposition apparatus comprising:

a chamber including an internal space where a deposition process takes place; and

at least one magnet unit positioned below the chamber and including a first magnet member and a second magnet member, the second magnet member being positioned around an outer periphery of the first magnet member and spaced apart from the first magnet member,

wherein

the first magnet member includes a first magnet main body, which extends in a first direction, and a first magnet extension, which is positioned at least one end of the first magnet main body and has a width greater than a width of the first magnet main body in a second direction intersecting the first direction,

the first magnet extension includes a penetration hole, and

a width, in the second direction, of the penetration hole is smaller than the width, in the second direction, of the first magnet main body.

2 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the penetration hole penetrates the first magnet extension in a third direction perpendicularly intersecting the first and second directions.

3 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the width, in the second direction, of the first magnet main body is about 1.1 to about 4.2 times the width, in the second direction, of the penetration hole.

4 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the first magnet extension includes a first portion, which is positioned on a side, in the second direction, of the penetration hole, and a second portion, which is positioned on another side, in the second direction, of the penetration hole, and

a width of the first portion and a width of the second portion, in the second direction, are each smaller than the width, in the second direction, of the first magnet main body.

5 . The deposition apparatus of claim 4 , wherein a sum of the width of the first portion and the width of the second portion, in the second direction, both lying on a virtual straight line extending along the second direction, is greater than the width, in the second direction, of the first magnet main body.

6 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the width, in the second direction, of the first magnet extension is greater than a width, in the first direction, of the first magnet extension.

7 . The deposition apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the width, in the second direction, of the first magnet extension is about 1.5 to about 2.9 times the width, in the second direction, of the first magnet main body.

8 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the second magnet member includes a second magnet main body, which is arranged in parallel to the first magnet main body, and second magnet end portions, which are positioned at both ends of the second magnet main body and face the first magnet extension,

a width, in the second direction, of the second magnet main body is smaller than the width, in the second direction, of the first magnet main body, and

the second magnet end portions include an inclined portion, which is inclined with respect to the first direction.

9 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the width of the first magnet main body in the second direction is about 19 mm to 29 mm,

the width of the first magnet extension in the second direction is in a range of about 45 mm to about 55 mm, and

a width of the first magnet extension in the first direction is in a range of about 25 mm to about 35 mm.

10 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first magnet extension has a polygonal, circular, or elliptical planar shape in a plan view.

11 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a width-the width of the penetration hole in the second direction is in a range of about 7 mm to about 17 mm.

12 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the penetration hole has a triangular, rectangular, square, circular, or elliptical planar shape in a plan view.

13 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the second magnet member includes a second magnet main body, which is arranged in parallel to the first magnet main body, and

a width, in the second direction, of the second magnet main body is smaller than the width, in the second direction, of the first magnet main body and is in a range of about 12 mm to about 22 mm.

14 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the second magnet member includes:

a second magnet main body, which is arranged in parallel to the first magnet main body and spaced apart from the first magnet main body with a first gap in the second direction; and

second magnet end portions, which are positioned at both ends of the second magnet main body, face the first magnet extension, and spaced apart from the first magnet extension with a second gap in the first direction,

a width, in the second direction, of the first gap is in a range of about 25 mm to about 35 mm, and

a width, in the first direction, of the second gap is in a range of about 12 mm to about 22 mm.

15 . The deposition apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a substrate fixing unit supporting a substrate in the chamber; and

a deposition target disposed to face the substrate,

wherein the at least one magnet unit is positioned below the deposition target.

16 . A deposition apparatus comprising:

a chamber having a deposition target disposed in an internal space of the chamber; and

a plurality of magnet units positioned below the deposition target, each of the plurality of magnet units including a first magnet member, which extends in a first direction, and a second magnet member, which is spaced apart from the first magnet member and completely surrounds the first magnet member,

wherein

the plurality of magnet units are spaced apart from one another in a second direction intersecting the first direction,

the first magnet member of each of the plurality of magnet units includes penetration holes at both ends of the first magnet member in the first direction, and

a width, in the second direction, of the penetration holes is smaller than a width, in the second direction, of a main body of the first magnet member.

17 . The deposition apparatus of claim 16 , wherein end portions of each of the plurality of magnet units are aligned on a virtual straight line extending in the second direction.

18 . The deposition apparatus of claim 16 , wherein a central area of the first magnet member in the first direction has a width in the second direction smaller than a width in the second direction of each of end portions of the first magnet member in the first direction.

19 . The deposition apparatus of claim 16 , wherein

the second magnet member has a hollow closed-loop shape in a plan view, and

the first magnet member is positioned inside the hollow closed-loop shape of the second magnet member.