DEPOSITION DEVICE
20240093347 ยท 2024-03-21
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
International classification
C23C14/04
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
H10K71/16
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
An embodiment provides a deposition device including a magnet part that includes magnets; and a substrate support that faces the magnet part and that supports a substrate, the substrate support includes a support plate and patterns formed on a first surface of the support plate, and each of the patterns corresponds to a space between neighboring magnets among the magnets or corresponds to the magnets.
Claims
1. A deposition device comprising: a magnet part that includes magnets; and a substrate support that faces the magnet part and that supports a substrate, wherein the substrate support includes a support plate and patterns formed on a first surface of the support plate, and each of the patterns corresponds to a space between neighboring magnets among the magnets or corresponds to the magnets.
2. The deposition device of claim 1, wherein the magnets are disposed in a first direction, and the patterns are disposed in the first direction.
3. The deposition device of claim 2, wherein the magnet part extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and the patterns extend in the second direction.
4. The deposition device of claim 2, wherein a center of each of the patterns is aligned with a center of a space between neighboring ones of the magnets.
5. The deposition device of claim 2, wherein a center of each of the patterns is aligned with a center of a corresponding one of the magnets.
6. The deposition device of claim 2, wherein the first surface of the support plate faces the substrate.
7. The deposition device of claim 2, wherein a first side of the support plate faces the magnet part.
8. The deposition device of claim 2, wherein a thickness of the patterns in a third direction is less than a thickness of the support plate in the third direction, a second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, and the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
9. The deposition device of claim 8, wherein the substrate support includes protrusions facing the substrate, the patterns are disposed between adjacent protrusions, and a thickness of the patterns in the third direction is less than a thickness of the protrusions in the third direction.
10. The deposition device of claim 2, wherein the substrate support is disposed between the magnet part and the substrate.
11. The deposition device of claim 2, wherein a pitch of the magnets in the first direction is substantially equal to a pitch of the patterns in the first direction.
12. The deposition device of claim 1, further comprising: a deposition mask disposed below the substrate, and the substrate support is disposed between the magnet part and the deposition mask.
13. The deposition device of claim 1, wherein the support plate includes a non-magnetic material, and the patterns are magnetic.
14. The deposition device of claim 1, wherein the support plate includes a refrigerant.
15. A deposition device comprising: a magnet part that includes magnets disposed in a first direction; and a substrate support, wherein the substrate support includes: a support plate that has a first surface facing the magnet part and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and patterns formed on the first surface or the second surface and disposed in the first direction.
16. The deposition device of claim 15, wherein the magnet part extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and the patterns extend in the second direction.
17. The deposition device of claim 15, wherein a center of each of the patterns is aligned with a center of a space between neighboring ones of the magnets or a center of each of the magnets.
18. The deposition device of claim 15, wherein the patterns include a magnetic material.
19. The deposition device of claim 15, wherein a substrate is disposed at a side of the second surface of the substrate support, and the substrate support is disposed between the magnet part and the substrate.
20. A deposition device comprising: a magnet part that includes magnets; and a substrate support, wherein the substrate support includes: a support plate that has a first surface facing the magnet part and a second surface that supports a substrate; and patterns formed on the first surface or the second surface to distort a magnetic force of the magnet part.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0030] The above and other aspects and features of the disclosure will become more apparent by describing in detail embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings, in which:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0047] The disclosure will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments are shown. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the disclosure.
[0048] To clearly describe the disclosure, parts that may be irrelevant to the description may be omitted, and like numerals refer to like or similar constituent elements throughout the specification.
[0049] Further, since sizes and thicknesses of constituent members shown in the accompanying drawings are arbitrarily given for better understanding and ease of description, the disclosure is not limited to the illustrated sizes and thicknesses. In the drawings, the thicknesses of layers, films, panels, regions, etc., are exaggerated for clarity. In the drawings, for better understanding and ease of description, the thicknesses of some layers and areas are exaggerated.
[0050] As used herein, the singular forms, a, an, and the are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
[0051] In the specification and the claims, the term and/or is intended to include any combination of the terms and and or for the purpose of its meaning and interpretation. For example, A and/or B may be understood to mean A, B, or A and B. The terms and and or may be used in the conjunctive or disjunctive sense and may be understood to be equivalent to and/or.
[0052] In the specification and the claims, the phrase at least one of is intended to include the meaning of at least one selected from the group of for the purpose of its meaning and interpretation. For example, at least one of A and B may be understood to mean A, B, or A and B.
[0053] It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc., may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another element. For example, a first element may be referred to as a second element, and similarly, a second element may be referred to as a first element without departing from the scope of the disclosure.
[0054] It will be understood that when an element such as a layer, film, region, or substrate is referred to as being on another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being directly on another element, there are no intervening elements present. Further, in the specification, the word on or above means positioned on or below the object portion, and does not necessarily mean positioned on the upper side of the object portion based on a gravitational direction.
[0055] It will be understood that when an element (or a region, a layer, a portion, or the like) is referred to as being on, connected to or coupled to another element in the specification, it can be directly disposed on, connected or coupled to another element mentioned above, or intervening elements may be disposed therebetween.
[0056] It will be understood that the terms connected to or coupled to may include a physical or electrical connection or coupling.
[0057] The terms overlap or overlapped mean that a first object may be above or below or to a side of a second object, and vice versa. Additionally, the term overlap may include layer, stack, face or facing, extending over, covering, or partly covering or any other suitable term as would be appreciated and understood by those of ordinary skill in the art.
[0058] When an element is described as not overlapping or to not overlap another element, this may include that the elements are spaced apart from each other, offset from each other, or set aside from each other or any other suitable term as would be appreciated and understood by those of ordinary skill in the art.
[0059] The terms face and facing mean that a first element may directly or indirectly oppose a second element. In a case in which a third element intervenes between the first and second element, the first and second element may be understood as being indirectly opposed to one another, although still facing each other.
[0060] It will be further understood that the terms comprise, include, have, and the like, when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or combinations of them but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or combinations thereof.
[0061] Further, throughout the specification, the phrase in a plan view means when an object portion is viewed from above, and the phrase in a cross-sectional view means when a cross-section taken by vertically cutting an object portion is viewed from the side.
[0062] About or approximately as used herein is inclusive of the stated value and means within an acceptable range of deviation for the particular value as determined by one of ordinary skill in the art, considering the measurement in question and the error associated with measurement of the particular quantity (i.e., the limitations of the measurement system). For example, about may mean within one or more standard deviations, or within ?30%, 20%, 10%, 5% of the stated value.
[0063] Unless otherwise defined or implied herein, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the disclosure pertains. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
[0064] A deposition device according to an embodiment will be described with reference to
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[0068] The magnet unit 300 may include magnets 310 and a yoke plate 320.
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[0070] A y-directional pitch Pt of the magnets 310 may be constant throughout the magnet unit 300, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
[0071] The yoke plate 320, which is for fixing the magnets 310, may be in the form of a plate parallel to an x-direction and a y-direction, for example, an xy plane. The yoke plate 320 may have magnetism to fix the magnets 310.
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[0074] The substrate support 335 may include a support plate 330 in the form of a plate parallel to the xy plane.
[0075] The substrate support 335 may further include patterns 331. The patterns 331 may be formed on a surface of surfaces of the support plate 330, which faces the substrate 110. For example, in case that the surface facing the magnet unit 300 among the surfaces of the support plate 330 of the substrate support 335 is referred to as an upper surface and an opposite surface is referred to as a lower surface, the patterns 331 may be formed on the lower surface of the support plate 330. In the schematic cross-sectional view illustrated in
[0076] Although a cross-sectional shape of the pattern 331 is illustrated as having a rectangular shape in a schematic cross-sectional view, the disclosure is not limited thereto. According to an embodiment, the cross-section shape of the pattern 331 may be a semi-circle or a semi-ellipse, and may have various other shapes.
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[0078] In case that the deposition mask 200 is positioned under or below the substrate 110 to perform the deposition process, the substrate 110 may be positioned between the substrate support 335 and the deposition mask 200. In case that the magnet unit 300 is positioned at an opposite side of the substrate 110 with the substrate support 335 provided therebetween, the deposition mask 200 may be fixed in close contact with the substrate 110 by the magnetism of the magnets 310 of the magnet unit 300.
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[0082] A z-directional thickness H of the pattern 331 may be smaller than a z-directional thickness of the support plate 330.
[0083] The support plate 330 may include a non-magnetic material, for example, a metal such as aluminum (Al). The support plate 330 may cool the substrate 110. To this end, a refrigerant may circulate inside the support plate 330.
[0084] The pattern 331 may include a magnetic material. The pattern 331 may be formed on a lower surface of the support plate 330 by using an etching process, a plating process, or the like within the spirit and the scope of the disclosure.
[0085] Effects of the display device according to an embodiment will be described along with comparative embodiments with reference to
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[0089] A second curve GMy illustrated in
[0090] According to this comparative embodiment, a deposition mask 200C may be changed into a periodically curved wave shape along the y direction as illustrated in
[0091] As such, according to the comparative example in which the substrate support does not include the patterns 331, unlike in this embodiment, a periodic deviation may occur in a thickness of a film deposited on the substrate 110 by the z-directional magnetic force Mz and the y-direction magnetic force My that change periodically with the upper peak and the lower peak, and the deposition mask 200C that is changed with a large curvature in the z direction by these magnetic forces. For example, a periodic deviation may occur in a thickness of an emission layer deposited for each pixel column of the display device.
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[0095] Compared to the comparative embodiment described above, as illustrated in
[0096] As such, in an embodiment, as illustrated in the first curve GMz of
[0097] As an example, in an embodiment, as illustrated in the second curve GMy of
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[0100] A graph showing the strength of the magnetic force according to the embodiment illustrated in
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[0102] A graph showing the strength of the magnetic force according to the embodiment illustrated in
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[0104] According to an embodiment, intensity at peak portions of the z-directional magnetic force Mz and the y-directional magnetic force My by the pattern 331 and the substrate support 335 of the magnet 310 may be reduced and a y-directional width thereof may be widened, thereby reducing an effect of a periodic magnetic force on the deposition mask 200. Referring to
[0105] In this way, according to an embodiment in which the substrate support may include the pattern 331 as in an embodiment, peak regions of the z-directional magnetic force Mz and the y-directional magnetic force My by the magnet 310 and the substrate support 335 may be distorted to reduce the magnetic force and also reduce a bending degree of the deposition mask 200. Accordingly, a variation in a thickness of a film deposited on the substrate 110 by the deposition mask 200 may be reduced, thereby reducing defects in which stripes are visually recognized.
[0106] According to an embodiment, the patterns 331 may be formed on a surface of surfaces of the support plate 330, which faces the magnet unit 300. For example, in case that the surface facing the magnet unit 300 among the surfaces of the support plate 330 is referred to as an upper surface and an opposite surface is referred to as a lower surface, the patterns 331 may be formed on the upper surface of the support plate 330.
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[0109] The pattern 331 may be positioned between adjacent protrusions 333. There is a space between the adjacent pattern 331 and the protrusions 333.
[0110] A thickness H1 of the pattern 331 in the z direction is smaller than a thickness H2 of the protrusion 333 in the z direction. For example, the thickness H2 of the protrusion 333 in the z direction may be approximately 200 ?m, and the thickness H1 of the pattern 331 in the z direction may be approximately 10 ?m. Accordingly, a space SS is maintained between the pattern 331 and the substrate 110 so that friction between the pattern 331 and the substrate 110 does not occur.
[0111] The protrusion 333 may include a same material or a similar material as the support plate 330, and may be integral with each other, or may be formed on a lower surface of the support plate 330. In case that the protrusion 333 is formed on the lower surface of the support plate 330, the protrusion 333 may include a same material or a similar material as the support plate 330 or a different material therefrom.
[0112] While this disclosure has been described in connection with what is considered to be practical embodiments, it is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the disclosure and the appended claims.