IP Library Granted Patent US 8,313,803
Granted Patent B2
US 8,313,803 · App. 12/591,095 · Granted Nov 20, 2012

Spin coating method

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Patent No.
US 8,313,803
App. No.
12/591,095
Granted
Nov 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Spin coating method for a recording medium having a hole in the center, including moving a tip of a feeding nozzle to an initial position at a distance X above a recording surface and a distance A radially apart from a periphery of the hole, feeding a coating liquid onto the recording surface for a predetermined period of time while rotating the recording medium at a predetermined speed, and moving the tip from the initial position along a radial direction towards an outer periphery of the recording medium while keeping the tip above the recording surface at the distance X. X satisfies X≦2 [3 r γ/(2 g C)] 1/3 , where γ and C respectively are surface tension and density of the coating liquid, r is the outer radius of the feeding nozzle, and g is the acceleration of gravity. A satisfies A≧r+X/3.

Claims (9)

1. A spin coating method for coating a recording medium substrate having a hole in a center thereof, comprising:

providing a feeding nozzle for feeding a coating liquid onto a recording surface of the recording medium;

moving a tip of the feeding nozzle to an initial position, the initial position being at a distance X above the recording surface of the recording medium substrate, and at a distance A radially apart from a periphery of the hole of the recording medium substrate; and

feeding the coating liquid onto the recording surface for a predetermined period of time while rotating the recording medium substrate at a predetermined rotating speed, and moving the tip of the feeding nozzle from the initial position along a radial direction towards an outer periphery of the recording medium substrate while keeping the tip of the feeding nozzle above the recording surface at the distance X; wherein

X satisfies X≦2[3 r y/(2g C)] 1/3 , y and C respectively being a surface tension and a density of the coating liquid, r being an outer radius of the feeding nozzle, and g being the acceleration of gravity, and

A satisfies A≧r+X/3.

2. The spin coating method of claim 1 , wherein

the coating liquid is a polymethyl methacrylate resist; and

the recording surface of the recording medium substrate having a carbon protective film formed thereon.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 10, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC DEVICE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027249/0159 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 10, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC DEVICE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (MERGER)
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027288/0820 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2009
From: UCHIDA, SHINJI
To: FUJI ELECTRIC DEVICE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023743/0108 →