Coating apparatus – With means to centrifuge work
Patent
1991-10-28
1994-03-15
Pianalto, Bernard
Coating apparatus
With means to centrifuge work
118409, 118416, 118503, 118504, 118505, B05C 1102
Patent
active
052942570
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for spin coating a substrate with a liquid material which prevents the material from contacting the edge or backside of the substrate or forming an edge bead at the periphery of the substrate is disclosed. A spin chuck is equipped with a conformable elastomer which seals the edge of the substrate and forms a continuous surface with a planar surface of the substrate for the liquid material to flow off the substrate unimpeded during the spin coating process. As the elastomer is resilient, small variations in substrate size and shape are automatically compensated. None of the substrate area is lost to masking and/or removal processes as in the prior art, allowing the entire substrate area to be available for further processing.
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Kelly Howard L.
Kolan Hans-George H.
Leas James M.
Nakasogi Teruhiro
International Business Machines - Corporation
LaBaw Jeffrey S.
Pianalto Bernard
Redmond, Jr. Joseph C.
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