IP Library Granted Patent US 8,557,046
Granted Patent B2
US 8,557,046 · App. 12/769,879 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Deposition source

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Patent No.
US 8,557,046
App. No.
12/769,879
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deposition source capable of uniformly producing a deposition film. The deposition source includes a furnace, a first heating unit surrounding the furnace to heat the furnace and a second heating unit spaced-apart from the first heating unit by an interval and surrounding the furnace to heat the furnace, wherein the second heating unit comprises a plurality of separate sub-heating units that surround the furnace.

Claims (27)

1. A deposition source comprising:

a furnace;

a first heating unit surrounding the furnace to heat the furnace; and

a second heating unit spaced-apart from the first heating unit by an interval and surrounding the furnace to heat the furnace,

wherein the second heating unit comprises a plurality of separate sub-heating units that surround the furnace, wherein the deposition source is a linear-type deposition source having a length much longer than a width, wherein the first heating unit is integrally formed without being divided and extends around an outer circumference of the furnace, and wherein the second heating unit includes first and second sub-heating units spaced apart from each other, the first sub-heating unit surrounds a left outer circumference of the furnace and the second sub-heating unit surrounds a right outer circumference of the furnace.

2. The deposition source of claim 1 , wherein the first heating unit surrounds an outer circumference of an upper portion of the furnace and the second heating unit surrounds an outer circumference of a lower portion of the furnace.

3. The deposition source of claim 2 , wherein each of the first and second heating units have a repeatable pattern selected from a group consisting of a sine wave, a serpentine and a zigzag pattern.

4. The deposition source of claim 3 , wherein the first heating unit is arranged at an upper portion of the furnace and the second heating unit is arranged at a lower portion of the furnace.

5. The deposition source of claim 1 , wherein the first heating unit surrounds an outer circumference of a lower portion of the furnace and the second heating unit surrounds an outer circumference of an upper portion of the furnace.

6. The deposition source of claim 1 , wherein the first and second heating units are connected to external power sources, and

wherein each of the first heating unit and ones of the plurality of sub-heating units are connected to separate external power sources.

7. The deposition source of claim 1 , further comprising sensor units arranged at sides of the furnace to monitor an amount of a deposition material evaporated from the furnace.

8. The deposition source of claim 7 , wherein the sensor units are arranged at two opposite sides of the furnace and face each other.

9. The deposition source of claim 1 , further comprising sensor units arranged at sides of the furnace to monitor rates of deposition material being evaporated from different portions of the furnace, wherein ones of the first heating unit and ones of the plurality of sub-heating units are connected to separate ones of a plurality of external power sources, wherein ones of the external power sources vary an amount of power delivered to corresponding portions of the furnace based on evaporation rates sensed by said sensor units.

10. A deposition device, comprising:

a vacuum chamber;

a substrate arranged at one end of the chamber;

a linear-type deposition source having a length much longer than a width, being arranged at an opposite end of the chamber and including:

a furnace;

a first heating unit surrounding an outer circumference of the furnace to heat the furnace; and

a second heating unit spaced-apart from the first heating unit by an interval and surrounding the outer circumference of the furnace to heat the furnace, wherein the second heating unit comprises a plurality of separate sub-heating units that surround portions of the furnace; and

a moving unit to move the deposition source within the chamber relative to the substrate, the furnace having first through fourth sidewalls, the first and third sidewalls being opposite to each other and corresponding to the length of the deposition source, and the second and fourth sidewalls being opposite to each other, corresponding to the width of the deposition source and extending from the first sidewall to the third sidewall, the first heating unit being arranged on and extending a length of each of the first through fourth sidewalls, the second heating unit includes first and second sub-heating units spaced apart from each other, the first sub-heating unit of the second heating unit being arranged on the second sidewall and on portions of the first and third sidewalls that are closer to the second sidewall than to the fourth sidewall, the second sub-heating unit being arranged on the fourth sidewall and on portions of the first and third sidewalls that are closer to the fourth sidewall than to the second sidewall.

11. The deposition device of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of sensor units, each of said sensor units to measure a rate of evaporation from a region of said furnace.

12. The deposition device of claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of power sources, wherein each of said first heating unit and said sub-heating units is independently controlled by a different ones of said power sources based on measurements from ones of said sensor units.

13. The deposition device of claim 10 , the first heating unit is integrally formed without being divided, and being arranged at one of an upper and a lower portion of the furnace, the second heating unit being arranged at another of the upper and lower portion of the furnace and being spaced apart from the first heating unit in a vertical direction.

14. The deposition device of claim 13 , wherein each of the first and second heating units have a repeatable pattern selected from a group consisting of a sine wave, a serpentine and a zigzag pattern.

15. The deposition device of claim 10 , wherein each of the first and second heating units have a repeatable pattern selected from a group consisting of a sine wave, a serpentine and a zigzag pattern.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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