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Granted Patent B2
US 9,765,428 · App. 14/747,412 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Apparatus for deposition and substrate alignment method in the same

Inventor: Jeong Won Han (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
C23C16/042C23C14/042
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Patent No.
US 9,765,428
App. No.
14/747,412
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deposition apparatus includes a sheet, an edge portion of which is integrally combined with a sheet frame, an electrostatic chuck attached to a bottom surface of the sheet, the electrostatic chuck adhering a substrate by a force of static electricity, a metal mask located below the electrostatic chuck, an edge portion of the metal mask being combined with a mask frame, the metal mask having a predetermined patterned opening, and the substrate being mounted to the upper surface of the metal mask, a transfer member coupled to a side surface of the sheet frame, the transfer member flattening the sheet by pulling the sheet to side directions, and a magnetic plate located above the sheet, the magnetic plate closely attaching the substrate to the electrostatic chuck by pulling the metal mask using a magnetic force.

Claims (31)

1. A deposition apparatus, comprising:

a sheet, an edge portion of which is integrally combined with a sheet frame;

an electrostatic chuck attached to a bottom surface of the sheet, the electrostatic chuck adhering a substrate by a force of static electricity;

a metal mask located below the electrostatic chuck, an edge portion of the metal mask being combined with a mask frame, the metal mask having a predetermined patterned opening, and the substrate being mounted to the upper surface of the metal mask;

a transfer member coupled to a side surface of the sheet frame, the transfer member flattening the sheet by pulling the sheet to side directions; and

a magnetic plate located above the sheet, the magnetic plate closely attaching the substrate to the electrostatic chuck by pulling the metal mask using a magnetic force.

2. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a sheet frame driver that transfers the sheet frame in an upward or downward direction; and

a magnetic plate driver that transfers the magnetic plate in an upward or downward direction.

3. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrostatic chuck is in a form of a film.

4. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sheet and the electrostatic chuck attached to the sheet are bent convexly in a downward direction.

5. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sheet is made of a metal or a polymer material.

6. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the magnetic plate is a permanent magnet or an electromagnet.

7. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal mask is a fine metal mask.

8. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transfer member includes:

a ball screw rotatably coupled to a side surface of the sheet frame; and

a motor coupled to the ball screw to rotate the ball screw.

9. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sheet frame is provided as plural sheet frames, which are each attached to one of a plurality of spots of an edge portion of the sheet.

10. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , wherein each of the sheet frames is moveable in a plurality of directions.

11. The deposition apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , wherein each of the sheet frames has a different size.

12. A substrate aligning method, comprising:

mounting a substrate to a metal mask, an edge portion of the metal mask being combined with a mask frame;

attaching the substrate to an electrostatic chuck by moving a sheet to which the electrostatic chuck is attached in a direction toward the metal mask, the sheet including an edge portion integrally combined with a sheet frame;

flattening the sheet, the electrostatic chuck, and the substrate by moving the sheet frame to pull the edge portion of the sheet in an outward direction; and

moving a magnetic plate located above the sheet in a downward direction toward the metal mask to closely attach the substrate to the metal mask using a magnetic force.

13. A substrate aligning method, comprising:

mounting a substrate to a metal mask, an edge portion of the metal mask being combined with a mask frame;

attaching the substrate to an electrostatic chuck by moving a sheet to which the electrostatic chuck is attached in a downward direction toward the metal mask, an edge portion of the sheet being integrally combined with a sheet frame;

moving the sheet in an upward direction while the substrate is attached to the electrostatic chuck;

flattening the sheet, the electrostatic chuck, and the substrate by moving the sheet frame to pull the edge portion of the sheet in an outward direction; and

closely attaching the substrate to the metal mask using a magnetic force by moving a magnetic plate located above the sheet in a downward direction toward the metal mask.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2015
From: HAN, JEONG WON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0191114 · Dec 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160186317A1 · Jun 30, 2016