Coating module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9492836-B2
Application number	US-201313762378-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2013
Priority date	Jun 29, 2012
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

A coating module is suitable to coat a liquid onto a substrate and includes two plates and a diversion structure, in which there is a slot between the plates, and the slot has a slot inlet and a slot outlet, and one of the plates has an injecting port. The diversion structure makes the injecting port communicated with the slot inlet, in which the liquid is configured to enter the diversion structure via the injecting port, and flow to the slot inlet through the diversion structure, then flow into the slot via the slot inlet and then outflows from the slot via the slot outlet to be coated onto the substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coating module, suitable for coating a liquid onto a substrate, comprising:
a planar slot consisting of: two plates, wherein the planar slot is constructed only by the two plates therebetween with two plane surfaces in parallel, an end of the slot has a slot inlet, the other end of the slot has a slot outlet, and one of the two plates has an injecting port, wherein the material of the two plates comprises silicon wafer or glass; and
a curved diversion structure, connecting the injecting port and the slot inlet with at least one curved periphery from the injecting port to the planar slot, wherein the liquid is configured to enter the diversion structure via the injecting port, then uniformly flow to the slot inlet through the diversion structure, then flow into the slot via the slot inlet, and then uniformly outflow from the slot via the slot outlet, so that the liquid flows from a hole and disperses as a thin film through the curved diversion structure to directly form a thin film through the planar slot to be coated onto the substrate.

2. The coating module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the diversion structure comprises:
a diversion inlet, communicated with the injecting port;
a diversion channel, communicated with the diversion inlet; and
a manifold, making the diversion channel communicated with the slot inlet, and the liquid is configured to uniformly flow to the slot inlet via the manifold.

3. The coating module as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the diversion structure has a diversion pattern, and the diversion pattern is located on the diversion channel for guiding the liquid flowing on the diversion channel.

4. The coating module as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the diversion pattern comprises a shunting island, and the shunting island is located at the slot outlet.

5. The coating module as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
two fixtures, fixing the two plates between the two fixtures, wherein the injecting port is located on one of the two fixtures, and the diversion structure is formed by a part of one of the two fixtures and makes the injecting port communicated with the slot inlet.

6. The coating module as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each of the two fixtures has a positioning groove, and the two plates are detachably disposed in the positioning grooves to form the slot.

7. The coating module as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each of the two fixtures has a plurality of apertures, a vacuum chamber and a vacuum channel, the apertures are located on the positioning grooves and communicated with the vacuum chamber, the vacuum chamber is communicated with the vacuum channel, and the vacuum channel is configured to be connected to a vacuum device and respectively adsorb the two plates through the vacuum device into the positioning grooves so as to form the slot.

8. The coating module as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each of the two fixtures has an elastic member, and each the elastic member is located between the corresponding plate and the corresponding positioning groove for adjusting the width of the slot.

9. The coating module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the diversion structure is formed by a part of one of the two plates or formed together by parts of the two plates, and the diversion structure makes the injecting port communicated with the slot inlet.

10. The coating module as claimed in claim 9 , wherein one of the two plate with the diversion structure is a micromachined plate.

11. The coating module as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:
two fixtures, fixing the two plates between the two fixtures, wherein one of the two fixtures has a fixing groove, and the two plates are detachably fixed in the fixing groove.

12. The coating module as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
a sealing cushion, located between one of the two plates and the corresponding one of the two fixtures.

13. The coating module as claimed in claim 11 , wherein material of one of the two plates and the corresponding fixture thereof is transparent material to observe the flow of the liquid in the diversion structure.

14. The coating module as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
a vacuum chamber, located at one of the two fixtures and communicated with the fixing groove, wherein the vacuum chamber is configured to be connected to a vacuum device to form a vacuum state at the slot outlet.

15. The coating module as claimed in claim 11 , wherein two pairs of the two plates are detachably fixed in the fixing groove, so that the liquid is adapted to outflow from the slots via the slot outlets to be coated onto the substrate.

Assignees

• Univ Nat Taiwan

Inventors

• Wang An-Bang
• Hsieh Yu-Wen
• Liu Yu-Ju

Classifications

• B05C5/00 Primary

  Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work (B05C7/00 takes precedence; essentially involving spraying or electrostatic projection B05B) · CPC title

• B05C5/0254 Primary

  Coating heads with slot-shaped outlet (B05C5/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05C5/0262

  adjustable in width, i.e. having lips movable relative to each other in order to modify the slot width, e.g. to close it · CPC title

• B05C5/02 Primary

  {the liquid or other fluent material being discharged through an outlet orifice by pressure, e.g.} from an outlet device in contact or almost in contact, with the work · CPC title

• B05C11/10

  Storage, supply or control of liquid or other fluent material; Recovery of excess liquid or other fluent material {(B05C1/0813, B05C5/0225, B05C17/002 and B05C19/06 take precedence)} · CPC title