Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Sungsoon Im

Youngmin Moon

Minho Moon

Seungyong Song

Ji-Hee Son

Kyuhwan Hwang

Soonchul Chang

DuckJung Lee

Hyunmin Cho

Seul Bee Lee

Junho Jo

Taesung Kim

Taewook Kang

Duckjung Lee

Yunjong Yeo

Jeongkuk Kim

Youngho Park

In-Bae Kim

Youngchul Lee

Jihee Son

Sangmin Lee

Hye Yong Chu

Jong-Hyun Choung

Jaesik Kim

Seul Gee Lee

Kyu Hwan Hwang

Jinoh Kwag

Heemin Park

Seungwon Kim

Youngsuck Choi

Jaeuoon Kim

Jungwoo Ko

Inho Kong

Changsub Kim

Hotae Kim

Jaehwan Jin

Donguk Hwang

A deposition apparatus includes a chamber, a deposition source disposed in the chamber, a mask assembly, and a base substrate disposed on the mask assembly. The mask assembly includes a frame including frame openings, a mask disposed on the frame and including deposition holes, and a welding stick disposed on the mask. A welding groove is disposed along an edge of the frame and has a depth in the thickness direction of the frame. The welding stick overlaps the welding groove.

Method for manufacturing mask and deposition apparatus including mask

A method of manufacturing a mask, includes forming an organic material layer on a mask substrate and patterning a hard mask on the organic material layer, etching the organic material layer to form a mask sheet including through holes, removing the hard mask on the mask sheet, forming a conductive material layer on the mask sheet, and etching the conductive material layer to form a conductive layer.

Method of manufacturing mask, mask manufactured by the same, and method of manufacturing display apparatus by using the same

An embodiment provides a deposition apparatus including a mask frame, an opening sheet, a deposition mask, and an electrostatic chuck. In the mask frame, a first opening part is defined. The opening sheet is disposed on the mask frame. In the opening sheet, a second opening part overlapping the first opening part is defined. The deposition mask is disposed on the opening sheet. In the deposition mask, a plurality of third opening parts overlapping the second opening part are defined. The electrostatic chuck is disposed on the deposition mask and on which a substrate is disposed. The substrate is disposed on a surface of the electrostatic chuck, and AC power is applied to the deposition mask.

Deposition apparatus and method for seating mask of deposition apparatus

A mask manufacturing equipment includes a first stage on which a mask frame is disposed, the mask frame including cell openings arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, a transfer module that places cell masks on the mask frame to respectively overlap the cell openings of the mask frame and the cell masks, a camera module that photographs the cell masks, a first processing module that irradiates a first laser beam between a border portion corresponding to a portion of the mask frame adjacent to an N-th cell opening and a first edge area of an N-th cell mask disposed on the border portion, and a second processing module that irradiates a second laser beam to a boundary area between the first edge area and a second edge area extending from the first edge area.

Mask manufacturing equipment and method of manufacturing mask using the same

A mask assembly includes: a mask frame provided with a first opening defined through a center portion thereof and including an outer frame surrounding the first opening and provided with at least one concave portion defined therein; a mask body disposed to correspond to the first opening and provided with second openings defined therethrough and having an area smaller than the first opening; a first sub-mask disposed on the mask body, provided with third openings defined therethrough over an entire area thereof and having an area smaller than each of the second openings, and including a metal material; a second sub-mask disposed on the first sub-mask, provided with fourth openings defined therethrough over an entire area thereof and having an area smaller than each of the third openings in a plane, and including a polymer material; and a welding portion disposed on the second sub-mask in the concave portion.

Mask assembly and method of manufacturing the same

A mask assembly includes a mask frame in which a first opening is defined, the mask frame including a front surface through which the first opening extends, and a deposition mask which is attached to the front surface of the mask frame and through which a plurality of second openings is defined. The mask frame includes an in which the front surface extends along a direction of gravity, the deposition mask includes an initial mask which is attached to the front surface of the mask frame in the thereof and through which the plurality of second openings is defined, and the of the mask frame having the front surface which extends along the direction of gravity disposes the first opening of the mask frame corresponding to all of the plurality of second openings of the initial mask along the direction of gravity.

Mask, method of providing the same, and method of providing display panel using mask

A mask assembly includes a mask frame through which a plurality of openings is defined and a plurality of cell masks disposed to respectively correspond to the cell openings. Each of the cell masks includes a mask main body substantially parallel to a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, where a plurality of holes is defined through the mask main body, a bonding portion disposed along an edge of the mask main body, and a tensile portion extending from the bonding portion and disposed spaced apart from the mask main body. The tensile portion includes first tensile portions spaced apart from each other in the first direction and disposed at opposite sides of the mask main body and second tensile portions spaced apart from each other in the second direction and disposed at opposite sides of the mask main body.

Mask assembly, mask manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing display panel

A mask, a mask assembly, and a method of fabricating a mask are disclosed herein. The mask comprises a polymer film in which at least one cell region and at least one peripheral region are defined, the at least one peripheral region surrounding the at least one cell region, a conductive layer disposed on the polymer film and including a metal, an inorganic layer disposed between the polymer film and the conductive layer and including a silicon-based inorganic material, and holes that penetrate the polymer film, the conductive layer, and the inorganic layer and overlap the at least one cell region in a plan view.

Mask, mask fabrication method, and mask assembly

A mask repairing apparatus includes a laser which emits a laser beam toward a welding portion between an opening sheet disposed on a mask frame and a cell mask disposed on the opening sheet, a fixing part disposed below the opening sheet to fix the opening sheet, and a suction part adjacent to the laser. The cell mask is separated from the opening sheet by the laser beam.

Mask repairing apparatus and mask repairing method using the same

A method of manufacturing a display device includes arranging a display substrate in a chamber, arranging a mask assembly in the chamber, and supplying a deposition material to the mask assembly by a deposition source. The arranging of the mask assembly includes disposing a stopping layer including a stopping layer opening on a first mask layer, disposing an inorganic layer on the stopping layer, forming a first mask opening in the first mask layer, and forming an inorganic opening of the inorganic layer by etching the inorganic layer corresponding to the stopping layer opening.

Apparatus and method for manufacturing a display device

Provided is a mask including a mask frame including a base part in which cell openings are defined, and a coating part surrounding edges of the cell openings, covering at least a portion of an upper surface of the base part, and including a materials that is different from that of the base part, and unit masks on the mask frame, respectively corresponding to the cell openings, including a material that is different from that of the coating part, and in which openings are defined.

Mask and method of manufacturing the same

A method of providing a mask includes providing a first mask layer facing a second mask layer, in the second mask layer, providing a first opening which corresponds to a deposition opening of the mask, providing an auxiliary layer which faces the first mask layer with the second mask layer therebetween and covers the first opening, in the auxiliary layer, providing a second opening which corresponds to the first opening and exposes the first mask layer to outside the auxiliary layer, in the first mask layer, providing a third opening which corresponds to the first opening and the second opening by using the auxiliary layer as a mask and providing the auxiliary layer separated from the first mask layer and the second mask layer to provide the deposition mask having the first mask layer having the third opening and the second mask layer having the first opening.

Mask, method of providing mask, and method of providing display panel using the same

A deposition mask includes a mask film including a polymer, a plurality of first deposition openings defined in the mask film. and a conductive layer which is on the mask film and receives a power. The conductive layer includes a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern spaced apart from each other along the mask film and electrically disconnected from each other. The conductive layer receives the power at the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern, and receipt of the power at the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern provides an electrostatic chuck function of the deposition mask.

Provided is a mask having a plurality of cell areas, each of which has a plurality of through-portions defined therein. The mask includes a mask film including a polymer and a conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the mask film and including conductive metal or a conductive metal oxide. Accordingly, precision of a deposition process is enhanced while reducing process time and costs in a manufacturing process of the mask, and thus the yield in manufacturing a display panel using the mask is improved. Therefore, the display panel manufactured using the mask may have improved reliability.

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Sungsoon Im