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Apparatus for vacuum deposition
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1977-03-21
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Granted: 1978-10-24
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Expires: 1997-03-21
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for vacuum deposition comprising a turn-table for holding substrates for deposition, and a plurality of evaporation boats arranged in opposition to a circumferential part of the turn-table, the turn-table being rotated at deposition whereby vapors from the respective boats can be cyclically accumulated and stuck onto the substrates, further comprises at least one film-thickness monitor which is fixed to the turn-table and which detects the quantity of a deposited substance of one layer stuck every time the substrates pass over each boat, and means to receive a signal from the film-thickness monitor and divide the signal time sequentially, thereby detecting at least one of the deposition rate and the total amount of the vapor from each boat, and to control the quantity of the vapor arriving to the substrates for deposition from each boat while comparing the detected value with a predetermined value.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiichi Maruyama
- 👤 Tadaaki Hirai
- 👤 Sachio Ishioka
- 👤 Hideaki Yamamoto
- 👤 Kiyohisa Inao
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 13:02
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/22; C23C14/54; C23C14/542; C23C14/545; C23C14/546
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
An apparatus for vacuum deposition, comprising: a vacuum chamber which is connected to a vacuum pump, a turn-table which is mounted in said vacuum chamber and which is rotated by a driving motor, substrates for deposition which are arranged at a circumferential part of said turn-table, a plurality of evaporation boats which are disposed so as to oppose said substrates for deposition, means for heating said evaporation boats, at least one film-thickness monitor which is fixed to said turn-table and which detects a quantity of a substance deposited onto it every time it passes-over each of said plurality of evaporation boats, said substrates and said film-thickness monitor passing-over each of said plurality of evaporation boats during rotation of said turn-table, and means to receive a signal from said film-thickness monitor and divide said signal in time sequence, thereby detecting a value for at least one of a deposition rate and a total amount of a vapor from each of said boats, and to control a quantity of the vapor arriving to said substrates for deposition from each of said boats while comparing the detected value with a predetermined value given by a preset deposition program, whereby the vapors from the respective boats are cyclically accumulated and stuck onto said substrates for deposition so as to conform with said preset deposition program.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
221 words
An apparatus for vacuum deposition, comprising: a vacuum chamber which is connected to a vacuum pump, a turn-table which is mounted in said vacuum chamber and which is rotated by a driving motor, substrates for deposition which are arranged at a circumferential part of said turn-table, a plurality of evaporation boats which are disposed so as to oppose said substrates for deposition, means for heating said evaporation boats, at least one film-thickness monitor which is fixed to said turn-table and which detects a quantity of a substance deposited onto it every time it passes-over each of said plurality of evaporation boats, said substrates and said film-thickness monitor passing-over each of said plurality of evaporation boats during rotation of said turn-table, and means to receive a signal from said film-thickness monitor and divide said signal in time sequence, thereby detecting a value for at least one of a deposition rate and a total amount of a vapor from each of said boats, and to control a quantity of the vapor arriving to said substrates for deposition from each of said boats while comparing the detected value with a predetermined value given by a preset deposition program, whereby the vapors from the respective boats are cyclically accumulated and stuck onto said substrates for deposition so as to conform with said preset deposition program.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
An apparatus for vacuum deposition according to claim 1, comprising: shields which intervene between said boats and said substrates for deposition and which are provided with slits, shutters, and means to control sizes of openings defined by said shields and said shutters, thereby controlling the quantities of said vapors arriving to said substrates for deposition from said respective boats.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
An apparatus for vacuum deposition according to claim 1, wherein said means to control the quantity of said vapor arriving to said substrates for deposition from each of said boats controls said means for heating said evaporation boat, thereby controlling said quantity of said vapor arriving to said substrates for deposition from each of said boat.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
An apparatus for vacuum deposition according to claim 2, wherein said means to control the quantity of said vapor arriving to said substrates for deposition from each of said boats controls said means for heating said evaporation boat, thereby controlling said quantity of said vapor arriving to said substrates for deposition from said each boat.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
An apparatus for vacuum deposition according to claim 2, wherein in addition to said at least one film-thickness monitor fixed to said turn-table, said respective boats have other film-thickness monitors associated therewith and serving to directly detect quantities of vaporizations from the corresponding boats, and the signals from said film-thickness monitors are fed back to said means for heating said evaporation boats, so as to keep the quantities of vaporizations from said boats constant.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
80 words
An apparatus for vacuum deposition according to claim 2, wherein said at least one film-thickness monitor is fixed to said turn-table at a position between said boats and said shutters where it detects directly quantities of vaporizations from the corresponding boats, and the signals from said at least one film-thickness monitor detecting directly the quantities of vaporization are fed back to said means for heating said evaporation boats, so as to keep the quantities of vaporizations from said boats constant.
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