Substrate transport roller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9550202-B2
Application number	US-201314432601-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2013
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a substrate transport roller ( 2 a ) capable of ensuring a broad temperature-control region on a substrate, without reducing substrate transport quality. This substrate transport roller ( 2 a ) is provided in a film-forming device ( 1 ) for executing a film-forming process on the surface of a film substrate (W), transports the film substrate (W) by rotating around a center axis, and is equipped with: a center-section segment ( 13 a ) positioned in the center section in the axial direction extending along the center axis, and having a first outer-circumferential surface; end-section segments ( 12 a, 12 b ) positioned on both sides on the outside in the axial direction of the center-section segment ( 13 a ), and each having a second outer-circumferential surface which contacts the substrate (W) and has a larger diameter than that of the first outer-circumferential surface; a center-section-rising-falling-temperature-medium mechanism for changing the temperature of the center-section segment ( 13 a ); and a both-end-section-rising-falling-temperature mechanism for changing the temperature of each of the end-section segments ( 12 a, 12 b ) independently from the center-section segment ( 13 a ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A substrate transport roller which is installed rotatably around a specific center axis and transports a substrate in a deposition device which executes a deposition treatment on a surface of the substrate, comprising:
a center-section segment which is installed in a center portion in an axial direction along the center axis, and comprises a first outer-circumferential surface;
a pair of end-section segments respectively positioned at outer sides of the center-section segment in the axial direction, each respectively comprising a second outer-circumferential surface and a third outer-circumferential surface in a cylindrical shape which are concentric with the center axis, the second outer-circumferential surface and the third outer-circumferential surface each having a diameter larger than the diameter of the first outer-circumferential surface in order to transport the substrate by rotating in a condition that the substrate is in contact with the second outer-circumferential surface and the third outer-circumferential surface, and in order to prevent the substrate from contacting the first outer-circumferential surface;
a center-section temperature raising/lowering mechanism which varies temperature of the center-section segment, including heating of the center-section segment; and
a both-end-section temperature raising/lowering mechanism which varies temperature of each of the pair of end-section segments, including heating of the pair of end-section segments, independently from the center-section segment.

2. The substrate transport roller as described in claim 1 , wherein the center-section segment and the pair of end-section segments are separated from each other.

3. The substrate transport roller as described in claim 1 , wherein the center-section segment and the pair of end-section segments rotate while synchronized with each other.

4. A substrate transport roller which is installed rotatably around a specific center axis and transports a substrate in a deposition device which executes a deposition treatment on a surface of the substrate, comprising:
a center-section segment which is installed in a center portion in an axial direction along the center axis, and comprises a first outer-circumferential surface;
a pair of end-section segments respectively positioned at outer sides of the centersection segment in the axial direction, each respectively comprising a second outercircumferential surface and a third outer-circumferential surface in a cylindrical shape which are concentric with the center axis, the second outer-circumferential surface and the third outer-circumferential surface each having a diameter larger than the diameter of the first outer-circumferential surface in order to transport the substrate by rotating in a condition that the substrate is in contact with the second outer-circumferential surface and the third outer-circumferential surface, and in order to prevent the substrate from contacting the first outer-circumferential surface;
a center-section temperature raising/lowering mechanism which varies temperature of the center-section segment; and
a both-end-section temperature raising/lowering mechanism which varies temperature of each of the pair of end-section segments independently from the center-section segment,
wherein the center-section segment is non-rotational and both-end-section segments rotate.

5. The substrate transport roller as described in claim 2 further comprising a temperature gradient unit which produces a temperature gradient between the center-section segment and the pair of end-section segments.

6. The substrate transport roller as described in claim 1 , wherein the pair of end-section segments are thermally insulated from the center-section segment.

7. The substrate transport roller as described in claim 6 , wherein the center-section segment and the pair of end-section segments are separated from each other.

8. The substrate transport roller as described in claim 6 further comprising a heat insulating material which produces a temperature gradient provided between the center-section segment and the pair of end-section segments.

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Ohba Naoki
• Tamagaki Hiroshi

Classifications

• C23C16/545

  for coating elongated substrates · CPC title

• B05C1/003 Primary

  incorporating means for heating or cooling the liquid or other fluent material (B05C11/1042 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C23C14/562 Primary

  for coating elongated substrates · CPC title

• B05C1/10

  the liquid or other fluent material being supplied from inside the roller · CPC title

• C23C14/541

  Heating or cooling of the substrates · CPC title