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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2021
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Hajime Mitsuishi, Yokohama, JP;
Isao Sugaya, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaki Tsunoda, Kamakura, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Shiomi, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a substrate bonding apparatus comprising: a first holding unit for holding a first substrate; and a second holding unit for holding a second substrate, wherein the substrate bonding apparatus is configured to bond the first substrate and the second substrate by, after forming a contact region between a part of the first substrate and a part of the second substrate, expanding the contact region to form an initially bonded region and releasing the second substrate having the initially bonded region formed thereon from the second holding unit.