Coating apparatus and coating method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9299874-B2
Application number	US-201113878964-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2011
Priority date	Oct 13, 2010
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A coating apparatus including a coating part which has a nozzle which ejects a liquid material including an oxidizable metal from a tip portion, and a relative driving unit which moves a substrate and the nozzle in relation to each other so that the tip portion passes through the substrate, such that at least the tip portion of the nozzle provides an affinity control part which is formed so that affinity between the affinity control part and the liquid material is less than that between the liquid materials.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coating apparatus comprising:
a coating part comprising a slit nozzle configured to eject a liquid material including an oxidizable metal and hydrazine from a rectangular ejection opening provided at a tip portion of the slit nozzle on a substrate,
a control device configured to eject the liquid material from the slit nozzle so as to interpose and hold the liquid between the tip portion and the substrate, and
a relative driving unit configured to move the substrate and the nozzle in relation to each other, and the tip portion and the substrate facing each other,
at least an outer surface of the tip portion of the nozzle and an outer surface adjacent to the outer surface of the tip portion of the nozzle being provided with an affinity control part which is formed by using at least one of titanium and titanium alloy, so that an affinity between the affinity control part and the hydrazine is less than that between the hydrazine and the substrate.

2. The coating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is formed from molybdenum.

3. The coating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the metal comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of copper, indium, gallium and selenium.

4. The coating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the coating apparatus further comprises a chamber surrounding at least one of a coating space, in which the liquid material is coated by the coating part, and a post-coating, transporting space for the substrate on which the liquid material is coated.

5. The coating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the coating apparatus further comprises an inert gas supply part configured to supply an inert gas to the space surrounded by the chamber.

6. The coating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ejection opening of the coating part ejects the liquid material to an ejecting region facing to the tip portion, and
the relative driving unit contains a substrate transporting unit configured to transport the substrate past the ejecting region.

7. The coating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ejection opening of the coating part ejects the liquid material to an ejecting region facing to the tip portion, and
the relative driving unit contains a nozzle driving unit configured to drive the nozzle so that the ejecting region moves along the surface of the substrate.

8. A method of coating a liquid material including an oxidizable metal and hydrazine on a substrate, comprising:
directing a tip portion of a coating part, which comprises a slit nozzle configured to eject the liquid material from a rectangular ejection opening formed on the tip portion, to the substrate, at least an outer surface of the tip portion in the nozzle and an outer surface adjacent to the outer surface of the tip portion of the nozzle being provided with an affinity control part which is formed by using at least one of titanium and titanium alloy, so that affinity between the affinity control part and the hydrazine is less than that between the hydrazine and the substrate;
ejecting the liquid material from the ejection opening so that the liquid material is interposed and held between the tip portion and the substrate; and
moving the tip portion and the substrate in relation to each other while ejecting the liquid material from the ejection opening with the liquid material being interposed and held between the tip portion and the substrate.

Assignees

• Miyamoto Hidenori
• Hirakawa Tadahiko
• Misumi Koichi
• Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miyamoto Hidenori
• Hirakawa Tadahiko
• Misumi Koichi

Classifications

• H10P72/3314

  Continuous loading and unloading into and out of a processing chamber, e.g. transporting belts within processing chambers · CPC title

• H10P72/0456

  in-line arrangement · CPC title

• H10P72/0448 Primary

  Apparatus for applying a liquid, a resin, an ink or the like · CPC title

• B05D2252/04

  of definite length in a continuous process · CPC title

• B05D2252/02

  of indefinite length · CPC title