IP Library Granted Patent US 12,252,773
Granted Patent B2
US 12,252,773 · App. 17/501,033 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Deposition mask and deposition apparatus including the same

Inventors: Seo Yeon Kim (Gumi-si, KR); Yoonseo Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sanghoon Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jongsung Park (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
C23C14/042H10K71/00H10K71/166
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Patent No.
US 12,252,773
App. No.
17/501,033
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deposition mask includes a body portion, a pattern portion that penetrates the body portion and is configured to allow deposition material to pass through the body portion, a blocking portion disposed on the body portion, and a support portion disposed on the body portion adjacent to the blocking portion. The blocking portion contacts a display substrate, blocks the deposition material, and defines the pattern portion. The support portion contacts the display substrate.

Claims (16)

1. A deposition mask, comprising:

a body portion;

a pattern portion that penetrates the body portion and is configured to allow deposition material to pass through the body portion;

a blocking portion disposed on the body portion, wherein the blocking portion contacts a display substrate, blocks the deposition material, and defines the pattern portion, wherein the blocking portion is integrally formed with and protrudes upward perpendicular to a plane from the body portion; and

a support portion disposed on the body portion and adjacent to the blocking portion, wherein the support portion contacts the display substrate.

2. The deposition mask of claim 1 , wherein the blocking portion surrounds the pattern portion.

3. The deposition mask of claim 1 , wherein the deposition material is not deposited on a portion of the display substrate that overlaps the blocking portion.

4. The deposition mask of claim 1 , wherein the blocking portion and the body portion that overlaps the blocking portion have a tapered sidewall.

5. The deposition mask of claim 1 , wherein each of the blocking portion and the body portion comprises a metal selected from a group consisting of stainless steel (“SUS”), Invar alloy, nickel (“Ni”), cobalt (“Co”), a nickel alloy, or a nickel-cobalt alloy.

6. The deposition mask of claim 1 , wherein the support portion supports the display substrate together with the blocking portion.

7. The deposition mask of claim 1 , wherein the display substrate includes a base substrate, a lower structure disposed on the base substrate, and a spacer that protrudes from the base substrate, and

wherein the support portion contacts the spacer.

8. The deposition mask of claim 7 , wherein a first height of the blocking portion is equal to a second height of the support portion.

9. The deposition mask of claim 8 , wherein a sum of the first height and a third height from the base substrate to the lower structure is equal to a sum of the second height and a fourth height of the spacer.

10. The deposition mask of claim 1 , wherein the support portion is integrally formed with and protrudes upward perpendicular to a plane from the body portion and the blocking portion.

11. The deposition mask of claim 10 , wherein each of the support portion, the body portion and the blocking portion comprises a metal selected from a group consisting of stainless steel (“SUS”), Invar alloy, nickel (“Ni”), cobalt (“Co”), a nickel alloy, or a nickel-cobalt alloy.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2021
From: KIM, SEO YEON; LEE, YOON SEO; KIM, SANGHOON; PARK, JONGSUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057790/0185 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0172453 · Dec 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220187700A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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