Source for thermal physical vapor deposition of organic electroluminescent layers

Abstract

A deposition source is provided which is installed in a chamber, heated by applied electric power to transfer heat to a vapor deposition material received therein and applying a vaporized deposition material generated therein to a substrate to form deposition organic electroluminescent layers onto the substrate. The deposition source includes a vessel formed of a top plate on which a vapor efflux aperture is formed, a side wall, and a bottom wall; a heating device that supplies heat to the deposition material received in the vessel, the heating device being capable of moving vertically; and a moving device that moves the heating device (or the bottom wall), the moving device (or the bottom wall) being operated in response to the signal of a sensing device on varied distances between the heating device and the surface of said deposition material. Thus, the heating device is moved downward (or the bottom wall) is moved upward by the moving device to maintain the distance between the heating device (or the substrate to be coated) and the surface of the deposition material at an initially-set value when the thickness of the deposition material is decreased.