IP Library Granted Patent US 8,137,470
Granted Patent B2
US 8,137,470 · App. 12/318,408 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Inner plate and crucible assembly for deposition having the same

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Patent No.
US 8,137,470
App. No.
12/318,408
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A crucible assembly for deposition and an inner plate used in the crucible assembly. The crucible assembly includes a main body having an inner space accommodating a deposition material and an opening arranged at an upper portion of the inner space, a cap having an aperture arranged at a top of the main body and combined with the main body and an inner plate arranged between the main body and the cap, the inner plate covering the opening of the main body, the crucible assembly including inner channels arranged to allow vapor of the deposition material from the inner space of the main body to be expelled to an outside of the aperture in the cap via a space arranged between an outer side surface of the inner plate and an inner side surface of the cap.

Claims (28)

1. A crucible assembly, comprising:

a main body having an inner space accommodating a deposition material and an opening arranged at an upper portion of the inner space;

a cap having an aperture arranged at a top of the main body and combined with the main body; and

an inner plate arranged between the main body and the cap, the inner plate covering the opening of the main body the crucible assembly including inner channels arranged to allow vapor of the deposition material from the inner space of the main body to be expelled to an outside of the aperture in the cap via a space arranged between an outer side surface of the inner plate and an inner side surface of the cap, wherein the inner plate comprises:

a base member;

a partition wall arranged at a middle portion of the base member in a thickness direction of the base member, the partition to partition an interior of the base member into first and second floor spaces:

an inlet allowing the first floor space to be exposed from a bottom side of the base member;

an outlet allowing the second floor space to be exposed from a top side of the base member;

a plurality of first channels to allow the first floor space to communicate with an outer side surface of the base member; and

a plurality of second channels to allow the second floor space to communicate with the outer side surface of the base member.

2. The crucible assembly of claim 1 , wherein the inner channels are arranged to allow the vapor to sequentially flow through the inlet, the first floor space, the first channels, the outer side surface of the base member, the second channels, the second floor space and the outlet.

3. The crucible assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first channels are radially arranged in a side surface of the base member.

4. The crucible assembly of claim 3 , wherein the second channels are radially arranged in the side surface of the base member.

5. The crucible assembly of claim 1 , wherein the inlet is arranged exposing an entirety of the first floor space from the bottom side of the base member.

6. The crucible assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base member is comprised of a material selected from a group consisting of copper, beryllium copper and phosphor bronze.

7. The crucible assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a heater to supply heat to the main body, the heater being adhered to an outer circumferential surface of the main body.

8. A crucible assembly comprising an inner plate, comprising:

a base member;

a partition wall arranged at a middle portion of the base member in a thickness direction of the base member, the partition wall to partition an interior of the base member into first and second floor spaces;

an inlet to allow the first floor space to be exposed from a bottom side of the base member;

an outlet to allow the second floor space to be exposed from a top side of the base member;

a plurality of first channels allowing the first floor space to communicate with an outer side surface of the base member; and

a plurality of second channels to allow the second floor space to communicate with the outer side surface of the base member,

a plurality of inner channels being arranged to allow a fluid introduced through the inlet to sequentially flow through the inlet, the first floor space, the first channels, the outer side surface of the base member, the second channels, the second floor space and the outlet in order.

9. The crucible assembly of claim 8 , wherein the first channels are radially arranged in a side surface of the base member.

10. The crucible assembly of claim 9 , wherein the second channels are radially arranged in a side surface of the base member.

11. The crucible assembly of claim 8 , wherein the inlet is arranged exposing an entirety of the first floor space from the bottom side of the base member.

12. The crucible assembly of claim 8 , wherein the base member is comprised of a material selected from a group consisting of copper, beryllium copper and phosphor bronze.

Assignments (2)
DIVESTITURE Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029070/0516 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2009
From: MIN, KYUNG-SOO; JI, CHANG-SOON
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 022767/0871 →