KR101787009B1 - Substrate Coating Apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
A substrate coating apparatus is disclosed. The substrate coating apparatus according to the present invention includes a slit-shaped slit nozzle for discharging a chemical solution onto which a chemical solution is applied, and a negative pressure module provided in front of a rib of the slit nozzle based on the coating direction. The negative pressure module forms a negative pressure space in front of the discharge port of the slit nozzle so that the chemical liquid discharged from the discharge port of the slit nozzle is pulled toward the discharge port forward to form a half moon shape below the discharge port to perform smooth coating. The negative pressure module includes a suction portion having an upper portion closed and a lower portion forming an internal space portion opened toward the negative pressure space, and a suction pump connected to an outlet formed at the upper portion of the suction portion. The suction pump sucks air in the negative pressure space to form a negative pressure.
Description
The present invention relates to a substrate coating apparatus, and more particularly, to a substrate coating apparatus in which a negative pressure is formed in front of a discharge port of a slit nozzle to cause a chemical liquid discharged from a slit nozzle to be discharged in a half- .
A coating apparatus for uniformly coating a chemical liquid on a flat substrate with a uniform thickness can be used in various fields, and a coating process for coating a photosensitive resin on the surface of a glass substrate for manufacturing a flat panel display such as an LCD is also one of them.
A slit coating method using a slit nozzle in a chemical coating method has been widely used as a display substrate becomes larger in size. In the slit coating method, a slit nozzle having a length corresponding to the width of a substrate to be processed is transferred along a substrate while spraying a chemical solution through a nozzle.
1, a
The thickness of the chemical liquid to be coated on the substrate G is related to the viscosity of the chemical liquid, the coating speed and the coating gap, so that the viscosity and discharge speed of the chemical liquid corresponding to the required coating thickness must be matched.
For example, as shown in FIG. 2 (X), the chemical liquid m discharged from the
However, if the amount of the chemical liquid m discharged through the
In recent years, as the demand for thin film coatings increases, it becomes more and more difficult to meet such coating conditions when thinner coatings must be performed.
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Basically, it is difficult to find similar inventions.
1. Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2015-0039901 (published April 14, 2014)
The present invention discloses a method for forming a suction flow path for sucking a chemical solution at both ends of a slit nozzle. The chemical liquid discharged from the discharge port is sucked through the suction passage so that the chemical liquid is applied only to the chemical liquid application region Thereby preventing unnecessary application of the chemical liquid and enabling a uniform coating on the whole.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate coating apparatus in which a negative pressure is formed in front of a discharge port of a slit nozzle on the basis of a coating advancing direction to cause a chemical liquid discharged from a slit nozzle to be discharged in a half- have.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a substrate coating apparatus including: a slit-shaped slit nozzle for discharging a chemical solution to be coated with a chemical solution; a slit-shaped slit nozzle provided on a front side of the slit nozzle, And a negative pressure module. The negative pressure module disposed separately from the slit nozzle forms a negative pressure space in front of the discharge port of the slit nozzle so that the chemical liquid discharged from the discharge port of the slit nozzle is pulled to be discharged in a state of being frontward of the discharge port to form a half- do. Therefore, the slit nozzle need not have a dual slit shape. The negative pressure space is formed to surround the front of the lip of the slit nozzle so as to have a larger clearance than the discharge port formed in the slit nozzle. Since the negative pressure space is formed to have a larger space than the discharge port, there is no danger that the negative pressure build-up is obstructed or any intake port or the like for forming a negative pressure is blocked, so that negative pressure can be smoothly formed in the negative pressure space And the chemical liquid discharged from the entire area of the slit-shaped discharge port can be pulled uniformly toward the front side of the discharge port by the pressure difference between the negative pressure space and the discharge port, so that the coating quality of the chemical liquid can be improved.
According to an embodiment, the negative pressure module includes a suction portion forming an internal space portion opened toward the negative pressure space, and a suction pump connected to a discharge port formed in the upper portion of the suction portion, and is fixed to a side surface of the slit nozzle. The suction pump sucks air in the negative pressure space to form a negative pressure.
According to another embodiment, the lower surface of the suction portion may be formed at a height lower than a coating gap height between the slit nozzle and the substrate, and is preferably located at a height of 20 to 300 mu m from the substrate.
According to an embodiment, the internal space of the suction unit may have a flat panel shape arranged in parallel with the substrate, or may be opened obliquely toward the discharge port. Preferably, the discharge port of the suction unit is provided on the upper front side of the inner space to provide a uniform negative pressure in front of the discharge port.
The slit nozzle may be provided with a flat negative pressure resistance portion capable of preventing the chemical liquid discharged from the discharge port of the slit nozzle from being sucked into the negative pressure module by the negative pressure by the negative pressure module. The resistance portion preferably has a width of 1 mm or more.
According to the embodiment of the negative pressure module, the substrate coating apparatus of the present invention further includes a transport module for transporting and supporting the slit nozzle. Wherein the transfer module comprises a pair of gantries disposed on both sides of a substrate plate for supporting the substrate and a bridge disposed across the substrate plate and each end connected to the gantry to support the slit nozzle, And a bridged bar.
In this case, the negative pressure module is supported on the bridge bar and disposed in front of the slit nozzle. The negative pressure module includes a body portion connected to the bridge bar, a suction channel formed to penetrate the body portion and having an end opened toward the negative pressure space, and a suction portion that sucks air through the suction passage to form a negative pressure in the negative pressure space, Pump. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the suction passage may be opened with its tip end inclined toward the discharge port.
The substrate coating apparatus of the present invention forms a negative pressure in front of the slit nozzle discharge port by arranging the negative pressure module on the front end of the slit nozzle based on the coating advancing direction so that the chemical liquid discharged from the slit nozzle forms a meniscus shape toward the front of the discharge port . As is known, when the chemical liquid discharged from the slit nozzle forms an appropriate half-moon shape at the front end of the slit nozzle, a coating at a higher speed becomes possible, thinner thin film coating becomes possible without defect, and coating gap can be kept large.
Since the negative pressure module forming the negative pressure is provided to have a considerable size as compared with the discharge port of the slit nozzle, there is no risk that the negative pressure build-up is obstructed by the chemical liquid or any intake port for forming negative pressure is blocked.
Further, since the negative pressure module is disposed in front of the slit nozzle, the present invention can protect the nozzle from accidental impact or foreign matter on the substrate, which may be caused by an operation error during movement of the slit nozzle.
1 is a perspective view illustrating a substrate coating apparatus having a conventional foreign substance sensing apparatus,
FIG. 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the chemical solution application process of the slit coater of FIG. 1,
3 is a schematic illustration of a substrate coating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view cut along the line AA in Fig. 3,
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the negative pressure module according to one embodiment of Figure 3,
6 is a schematic view of a substrate coating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the negative pressure module of Figure 6, and
8 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the negative pressure module of FIG.
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102: substrate stage 110: slit nozzle
110a: Lip of
110c: negative pressure resistance section 112: chemical liquid supply section
120: Feed module 121: Gantry
123: Bridged bar 125: Guide rail
310, 610: negative pressure module 311:
313: Outlet 315: Suction pump
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3 and 4, a
The
The present invention is not limited to the case where the
The basic operation except for the operation of the
At this time, it is necessary that the chemical liquid discharged from the
3 through 5, the
The negative pressure module forms an inner space portion whose lower surface is opened toward the negative pressure space, and makes the inner space portion vacuum, thereby forming a negative pressure in the negative pressure space. Examples of negative pressure modules can be designed in various ways.
3 to 5, the
Since the inner space portion of the
Accordingly, the inner space of the
The height of the lower surface of the
The lower surface of the
When the
On the other hand, the negative
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As described above, the
7 includes a
The negative pressure module of FIG. 8 includes a
Compared to the prior art, the
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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And a negative pressure space is formed in front of the discharge port of the slit nozzle so that the chemical liquid discharged from the slit nozzle is discharged toward the front side with respect to the discharge port, Negative pressure module;
A pair of gantries provided on both sides of the substrate plate supporting the substrate; And
And a transfer module disposed across the substrate plate and each end connected to the gantry, the transfer module having a bridged bar for supporting the slit nozzle to transfer and support the slit nozzle,
Wherein the negative pressure module is disposed in front of the slit nozzle supported by the bridged bar,
Wherein the negative pressure space is formed to surround the front of the lip of the slit nozzle so as to have a larger clearance than the discharge port formed in the slit nozzle.
The negative pressure module includes:
A suction part forming an internal space part opened toward the negative pressure space; And
And a suction pump connected to a discharge port formed in the suction unit to suck air in the internal space to form a negative pressure in the negative pressure space.
Wherein the inner space of the suction unit is in the form of a flat panel disposed parallel to the substrate.
Wherein an inner space portion of the suction portion is opened obliquely toward the discharge port.
Wherein a lower surface of the suction portion is formed at a level lower than a coating gap height between the slit nozzle and the substrate.
Wherein the open lower surface of the suction portion is located 20 to 300 占 퐉 above the substrate.
Wherein the discharge port of the suction portion is provided at a front upper side of the inner space portion to provide a uniform negative pressure in front of the discharge port.
Wherein a flat negative pressure resistance portion capable of preventing the chemical liquid discharged from the discharge port of the slit nozzle from being sucked into the negative pressure module by the negative pressure by the negative pressure module is formed in the lip end of the slit nozzle. .
Wherein the negative pressure resistance portion has a width of 1 mm or more.
The negative pressure module
Wherein the slit nozzle is fixed to a side surface of the slit nozzle.
And a negative pressure space is formed in front of the discharge port of the slit nozzle so that the chemical liquid discharged from the slit nozzle is discharged toward the front side with respect to the discharge port, Negative pressure module;
A pair of gantries provided on both sides of the substrate plate supporting the substrate; And
And a transfer module disposed across the substrate plate and each end connected to the gantry, the transfer module having a bridged bar for supporting the slit nozzle to transfer and support the slit nozzle,
Wherein the negative pressure module is supported on the bridged bar and disposed in front of the slit nozzle.
The transfer module includes:
A pair of guide rails disposed on both sides of the substrate plate to guide movement of the gantry; And
Further comprising a gantry driving unit for reciprocating the gantry along the guide rail in a magnetic levitation manner.
The negative pressure module includes:
A body coupled to the bridge bar;
A suction passage formed through the body portion and having an open end toward the negative pressure space; And
And a suction pump for sucking air through the suction passage to form a negative pressure in the negative pressure space.
Wherein the suction passage is opened at an end thereof inclined toward the discharge port.
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