IP Library Patent Application 12534378
Patent Application
App. No. 12/534,378

SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS

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App. No.
12/534,378
Abstract

A substrate processing apparatus includes a bath, in which a liquid or a gas is fed, and a mechanism which feeds out a liquid or a gas into the bath. The substrate processing apparatus processes a to-be-processed substrate which is disposed in the bath. At least one rectifying plate is disposed near the to-be-processed substrate between the to-be-processed substrate and the mechanism.

Claims (15)

1 . A substrate processing apparatus comprising a bath in which a liquid or a gas is fed, and a mechanism which feeds out a liquid or a gas into the bath, the substrate processing apparatus processing a to-be-processed substrate which is disposed in the bath,

wherein at least one rectifying plate is disposed near the to-be-processed substrate between the to-be-processed substrate and the mechanism.

2 . The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mechanism is disposed in a manner to feed the liquid or gas into the bath from a bottom part of the bath,

the to-be-processed substrate is disposed such that a to-be-processed surface of the to-be-processed substrate is substantially perpendicular to a bottom surface of the bath, and

said at least one rectifying plate includes a first rectifying plate whose major surface is disposed substantially parallel to the to-be-processed surface of the to-be-processed substrate.

3 . The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said at least one rectifying plate further includes a second rectifying plate whose major surface is disposed substantially perpendicular to the to-be-processed surface of the to-be-processed substrate.

4 . A substrate processing apparatus comprising a bath in which a liquid or a gas is fed, and a mechanism which feeds out a liquid or a gas into the bath, the substrate processing apparatus processing a to-be-processed substrate which is disposed in the bath,

wherein at least one rectifying plate is disposed near an end portion of the to-be-processed substrate, which is not opposed to the mechanism.

5 . The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rectifying plate is substantially rectangular, and

a dimension of the rectifying plate in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the rectifying plate is 0.3 times or more of a dimension with which a process of the to-be-processed substrate becomes non-uniform.

6 . The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the rectifying plate is substantially rectangular, and

a dimension of the rectifying plate in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the rectifying plate is 0.3 times or more of a dimension with which a process of the to-be-processed substrate becomes non-uniform.

7 . The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the to-be-processed substrate includes:

a first substrate having a first region which includes a plurality of first electrodes which are arrayed in a matrix; and

a second substrate having a second region which includes a second electrode which is disposed to be opposed to the plurality of first electrodes.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
Reel/Frame 028339/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2009
From: OOTAGURO, HIROSHI
To: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023046/0565 →