IP Library Granted Patent US 8,366,832
Granted Patent B2
US 8,366,832 · App. 11/324,346 · Granted Feb 5, 2013

Driving shaft of effusion cell for deposition system and deposition system having the same

Inventors: Sung Wha Jung (Suwon, KR); Eu Gene Kang (Suwon, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Displays Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,366,832
App. No.
11/324,346
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatus for a deposition system includes a sealing apparatus that seals the drive shaft from the deposition material to prevent the deposition material from adhering to the drive shaft, a moving apparatus to reduce the weight of a shelf on the drive shaft, and a collision-preventing apparatus that measures the distance between a shelf and an adjacent article.

Claims (32)

1. A sealing apparatus for a driving shaft of a deposition system, comprising:

a shelf comprising,

a coupling part adapted to be coupled with a driving shaft installed in a vacuum chamber of a deposition system, wherein the driving shaft is adapted to drive the coupling part, and

a support plate adapted to be connected to the coupling part, to support an effusion cell that effuses an organic vapor material in the vacuum chamber;

a first tube adapted to be arranged above the coupling part and encircle the driving shaft; and

a second tube adapted to be arranged below the coupling part and encircle the driving shaft,

wherein a lower end of the first tube is fixed to an upper surface of the coupling part, and

wherein an upper end of the second tube is fixed to a lower surface of the coupling part.

2. The sealing apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the first tube and the second tube may be expanded and compressed.

3. The sealing apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the first tube and second tube comprise a bellows type structure.

4. The sealing apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the driving shaft is adapted to drive the coupling part by an axial rotation of the driving shaft.

5. A deposition system comprising:

a vacuum chamber;

a chuck to support a substrate aligned with a mask arranged at one side of the vacuum chamber;

a driving shaft arranged at the other side of the vacuum chamber;

a shelf comprising,

a coupling part coupled with the driving shaft, wherein the driving shaft is adapted to drive the coupling part, and

a support plate connected to the coupling part;

an effusion cell arranged on the support plate, the effusion cell to effuse an organic vapor material toward the substrate;

a first tube encircling the driving shaft, the first tube arranged above the coupling part; and

a second tube encircling the driving shaft, the second tube arranged below the coupling part,

wherein a lower end of the first tube is fixed to an upper surface of the coupling part, and

wherein an upper end of the second tube is fixed to a lower surface of the coupling part.

6. The sealing apparatus of claim 5 ,

wherein the first tube and the second tube may be expanded and compressed.

7. The sealing apparatus of claim 6 ,

wherein the first tube and the second tube comprise a bellows type structure.

8. The sealing apparatus of claim 5 ,

wherein the driving shaft is adapted to drive the coupling part by an axial rotation of the driving shaft.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028868/0314 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022024/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2006
From: JUNG, SUNG WHA; KANG, EU GENE
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017438/0536 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2005-0000946 · Jan 5, 2005 · national
KR 10-2005-0000949 · Jan 5, 2005 · national
KR 10-2005-0000957 · Jan 5, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060144325A1 · Jul 6, 2006