IP Library Granted Patent US 12,398,453
Granted Patent B2
US 12,398,453 · App. 18/106,097 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Apparatus and method for manufacturing display apparatus

Inventors: Jaemin Hong (Yongin-si, KR); Jihwan Keum (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
C23C14/042B05C11/02
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Patent No.
US 12,398,453
App. No.
18/106,097
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus includes: a chamber; a mask assembly disposed in the chamber on a first side of a display substrate; a deposition source disposed to face the mask assembly and supplying a deposition material that passes through the mask assembly; and a magnetic force portion including a plurality of magnets extending in a first direction parallel to the mask assembly and disposed on a side opposite to the first side of the display substrate. The magnetic force portion reciprocates in a direction intersecting the first direction.

Claims (28)

1. An apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a chamber;

a mask assembly disposed in the chamber on a first side of a display substrate;

a deposition source disposed to face the mask assembly and supplying a deposition material that passes through the mask assembly; and

a magnetic force portion comprising a plurality of magnets extending in a first direction parallel to the mask assembly and disposed on a side opposite to the first side of the display substrate, wherein

the magnetic force portion repeatedly reciprocates in a direction intersecting the first direction while the deposition material is being deposited on the display substrate.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic force portion repeats a first movement of moving from a stop position in the direction intersecting the first direction and returning to the stop position.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein, during the first movement, a distance that the magnetic force portion moves is less than a distance between adjacent ones of the plurality of magnets.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein, during the first movement, a distance that the magnetic force portion moves is a multiple of a distance between adjacent ones of the plurality of magnets.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the direction intersecting the first direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the direction intersecting the first direction forms an acute angle with the first direction.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic force portion repeats:

a first movement of moving from a stop position in the direction intersecting the first direction and returning to the stop position; and

a second movement of moving from the stop position in a direction opposite to the direction intersecting the first direction and returning to the stop position.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the magnetic force portion further comprises a support plate accommodating the plurality of magnets and capable of moving, and

the apparatus further comprising a driving portion that reciprocates the support plate in the direction intersecting the first direction.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of magnets are spaced apart from each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction,

the plurality of magnets comprises:

first magnets, each including a side facing the mask assembly having a polarity of N; and

second magnets, each including a side facing the mask assembly having a polarity of S, and

the first magnets and the second magnets are alternately arranged.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a magnetic force of the magnetic force portion in the second direction comprises a sine curve.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the magnetic force portion reciprocates in the second direction.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein

the mask assembly comprises a plurality of mask sheets extending in the second direction, and

the magnetic force portion reciprocates in the second direction.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE OF THE SECOND INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 62664 FRAME 369. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 21, 2025
From: HONG, JAEMIN; KEUM, JIHWAN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070617/0555 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: HONG, JAEMIN; KEUM, JIHWAN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062664/0369 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0016431 · Feb 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230250526A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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