Patent Grant
9795982
The present invention relates to an apparatus for dipping a substrate, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for dipping a substrate that fill materials such as nano-particles into a groove by controlling and dipping the substrate in which the groove is formed in a crucible in which an aqueous solution is accommodated at a predetermined angle or speed.
In general, a substrate is generally dipped in an aqueous solution in a vertical direction. Dipping refers to immersing or extracting the substrate in or from the aqueous solution.
The contents related to those described above are disclosed in Korean Patent No. 1401122 (“Apparatus and Method for Surface Treatment of Printed Circuit Board”, registered on May 22, 2014).
The dipping method is used to apply the aqueous solution on a surface of the substrate. However, in the case in which the substrate in which a groove is formed in one surface thereof is dipped in the aqueous solution in the vertical direction, a case in which particles of the aqueous solution are not sufficiently filled in the groove occurs.
Further, even if the particles of the aqueous solution are filled in the groove, there is a disadvantage that a uniform quantity of particles is not filled in the groove.
In order to solve the above-mentioned disadvantage, an apparatus that may dip the substrate while maintaining a predetermined angle or may dip the substrate at a predetermined speed has recently been demanded.
Korean Patent No. 1401122 (“Apparatus and Method for Surface Treatment of Printed Circuit Board”, registered on May 22, 2014)
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for dipping a substrate that uniformly fills nano-particles in a groove of the substrate by dipping the substrate while maintaining a predetermined angle or speed with a surface of a solution, in order to uniformly fill the nano-particles in the groove of the substrate.
In one general aspect, an apparatus for dipping a substrate includes: a body 100 having an internal plate 110 formed therein, and including a backing plate 120 provided over the internal plate 110; a crucible 200 accommodating an aqueous solution 210 therein and provided over the backing plate 120; a crucible driving unit 300 provided in the body 100 and connected to the crucible 200 so as to move the crucible 200 in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction of the body 100; a support 400 having a lower end to which a substrate 410 is fixed; a support driving unit 500 provided to an upper side of the body 100 and connected to the support 400 so as to drive the support 400 in a length direction of the support 400 or rotate the support 400 in the vertical direction of the body 100; and a controlling unit connected to the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500 to control driving of the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500.
The crucible driving unit 300 may include a horizontal driving unit 310 provided over the backing plate 120 and formed to drive the crucible 200 in the horizontal direction of the body 100; and a vertical driving unit 320 provided in the body 100 and formed to drive the backing plate 120 in the vertical direction of the body 100.
The horizontal driving unit 310 may include a plurality of first rails 311 provided over the backing plate 120 and formed to be parallel to each other in the horizontal direction of the body 100; and a crucible connecting means 312 having an upper portion on which the crucible 200 is provided and a lower portion connected to the first rail 311 so as to be moved in the horizontal direction of the body 100 along a path of the first rail 311.
The vertical driving unit 320 may include a second rail 321 having one side connected to the internal plate 110 and the other side connected to an upper portion of the body 100, and having a circumference surface connected to the backing plate 120; and a vertical driving means 322 provided between the internal plate 110 and the backing plate 120 and driven to move the backing plate 120 in the vertical direction of the body 100 along a path of the second rail 321.
The support driving unit 500 may include a support driving means 510 connected to the upper portion of the support 400 and formed to move the support 400 in a length direction of the support 400; and a rotating means 520 provided to the upper side of the body 100 and connected to the support driving means 510, so as to rotate the support 400 in the vertical direction of the body 100.
The support driving means 510 may include a rotating plate 511 having one surface connected to the rotating means 520 and rotated by the rotating means 520; a support driving motor 512 provided to be adjacent to the other surface of the rotating plate 511; a screw 513 having one side connected to the support driving motor 512 and the other side connected to the rotating plate 511 to be formed in the vertical direction of the body 100, and rotated by the support driving motor 512; a third rail 514 provided on the other surface of the rotating plate 511 and formed to be spaced apart from the screw 513 by a predetermined interval and to be parallel to the screw 513; and a support connecting means 515 having one side connected to the upper portion of the support 400 and the other side connected to the screw 513 and the third rail 514, and moving along a length direction of the screw 513 by a rotation of the third screw 512.
When the rotating means 520 rotates the support 400 formed in a lower direction of the body 100 in an upper direction of the body 100, the rotating means 520 may rotate the support 400 in a range of 0° to 50°.
When the substrate 410 is immersed in or extracted from the aqueous solution 210, the controlling unit may control the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500 so that the substrate 410 maintains a predetermined angle on the basis of a surface of the aqueous solution 210.
When the substrate 410 is immersed in or extracted from the aqueous solution 210, the controlling unit may control the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500 so that a predetermined speed is maintained.
As described above, the present invention relates to the apparatus for dipping a substrate and has an effect in which the particles are uniformly filled in the groove formed in the substrate by dipping the substrate at the predetermined angle and speed with the solution.
Hereinafter, a technical spirit of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The accompanying drawings are only examples shown in order to describe the technical spirit of the present invention in more detail. Therefore, the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited to figures in the accompanying drawings.
Referring to
The body 100 has an internal plate 110 formed therein, and includes a backing plate 120 provided over the internal plate 110. Further, the crucible 200 is provided over the backing plate 120. Further, the crucible 200 accommodates an aqueous solution 210 therein.
The crucible driving unit 300 is provided in the body 100 and is connected to the crucible 200. The crucible driving unit 300 serves to move the crucible 200 in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction of the body 100. In more detail, the crucible driving unit 300 includes a horizontal driving unit 310 and a vertical driving unit 320.
The horizontal driving unit 310 is provided over the backing plate 120 to be connected to the crucible 200, and is formed to drive the crucible 200 in a horizontal direction of the body 100. Further, the horizontal driving unit 310 is manually driven and is automatically driven using various apparatuses. Examples in which the horizontal driving unit 310 is automatically driven will be described. The horizontal driving unit 310 is driven by a configuration of a motor and a screw, and is driven by apparatuses such as a pneumatic cylinder and a hydraulic cylinder.
Thus, the horizontal driving unit 310 is connected to the crucible 200, so as to be variously used as an apparatus and a configuration that move the crucible 200 in the horizontal direction of the body 100.
The vertical driving unit 320 is provided in the body 100 to be connected to the backing plate 120, and serves to drive the backing plate 120 in a vertical direction of the body 100. Further, the vertical driving unit 310 is also manually driven and is also automatically driven using various apparatuses, in the same way as the horizontal driving unit 310. Examples in which the vertical driving unit 320 is automatically driven will be described. The vertical driving unit 320 is driven by a configuration of a motor and a screw, and is driven by apparatuses such as a pneumatic cylinder and a hydraulic cylinder.
Thus, the vertical driving unit 320 is connected to the backing plate 120, so as to be variously used as an apparatus and a configuration that vertically move the backing plate 120 in the vertical direction of the body 100.
An upper side of the body 100 is provided with the support 400 and the support driving unit 500. In more detail, the support driving unit 500 is provided to the upper side of the body 100, and the support 400 is connected to the support driving unit 500 so as to be rotated.
As illustrated in
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The support driving means 510 is connected to the upper portion of the support 400 and serves to drive the support 400 in the length direction of the support 400. The support driving means 510 is driven by a configuration of a motor and a screw, and is driven by apparatuses such as a pneumatic cylinder and a hydraulic cylinder.
Thus, the support driving means 510 is connected to the support 400, so as to be variously used as an apparatus and a configuration that move the support 400 in the length direction of the support 400.
The rotating means 520 serves to move the support 400 provided in the support driving means 510 in the vertical direction of the body 100. In more detail, the rotating means 520 is provided to the upper side of the body 100 and is connected to the support driving means 510. The rotating means 520 rotates the support 400 provided in the support driving means 510 in the vertical direction of the body 100. That is, the rotating means 520 rotates the support 400 to allow the substrate 410 provided to an end of the support 400 to be formed at a predetermined angle with a surface of the aqueous solution 210. As described above, if the substrate 410 is formed at the predetermined angle with the surface of the aqueous solution 210, the vertical driving unit 320 or the support driving means 510 is driven to immerse or extract the substrate 410 in or from the aqueous solution 210.
Further, when the rotating means 520 rotates the support 400 formed in a lower direction of the body 100 in an upper direction of the body 100, the rotating means 520 rotates the support 400 in a range of 0° to 50°.
The controlling unit is connected to the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500 and serves to control the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500. In more detail, when the substrate 410 is immersed in or extracted from the aqueous solution 210, the controlling unit controls the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500 so that the substrate 410 maintains a predetermined angle on the basis of the surface of the aqueous solution 210. Further, when the substrate 410 is immersed in or extracted from the aqueous solution 210, the controlling unit controls the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500 so that a predetermined speed is maintained.
Thus, the present invention is to immerse or extract (dip) the substrate 410 in or from the aqueous solution 210 at the predetermined speed by allowing the substrate 410 to be maintained at the predetermined angle with the surface of the aqueous solution 210. As described above, in the case in which the substrate 410 is dipped in the aqueous solution 210, there is an effect that particles of the aqueous solution 210 may be uniformly filled in a groove formed in the substrate 410.
An exemplary embodiment of the apparatus for dipping a substrate according to the present invention will be described in detail.
Referring to
The body 100 has an internal plate 110 formed therein, and a backing plate 120 is provided over the internal plate 110. Further, the crucible 200 is provided over the backing plate 120. Further, the crucible 200 accommodates an aqueous solution 210 therein.
The crucible driving unit 300 serves to move the crucible 200 in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction of the body 100. In more detail, the crucible driving unit 300 includes a horizontal driving unit 310 and a vertical driving unit 320.
Referring to
A plurality of first rails 311 are provided over the backing plate 120 and are formed to be parallel to each other in the horizontal direction of the body 100.
The crucible connecting means 312 has an upper portion on which the crucible 200 is provided and a lower portion to which the first rail 311 is connected. The crucible connecting means 312 is moved in the horizontal direction of the body 100 along a path of the first rail 311, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
The horizontal driving unit 310 having the above-mentioned configuration is a configuration which is manually driven. However, the configuration of the horizontal driving unit 310 is only an exemplary embodiment, and may also be automatically driven by including another apparatus.
As illustrated in
The second rail 321 has one side connected to the internal plate 110 and the other side connected to an upper portion of the body 100. Further, a circumference surface of the second rail 321 is connected to the backing plate 120.
The vertical driving unit 322 is provided between the internal plate 110 and the backing plate 120, and is driven to move the backing plate 120 in the vertical direction of the body 100 along a path of the second rail 321. For example, the vertical driving means 322 may be an apparatus such as a vehicle jockey, or may be used by applying apparatuses such as a pneumatic cylinder and a hydraulic cylinder.
The vertical driving unit 320 having the above-mentioned configuration is a configuration which is manually driven. However, the configuration of the vertical driving unit 320 is only an exemplary embodiment, and may also be automatically driven by including another apparatus.
An upper side of the body 100 is provided with the support 400 and the support driving unit 500. In more detail, the support driving unit 500 is provided to the upper side of the body 100, and the support 400 is connected to the support driving unit 500 so as to be rotated.
As illustrated in
The support driving unit 500 is provided to the upper side of the body 100 and is connected to the support 400. Further, the support driving unit 500 serves to move the support 400 in a length direction of the support 400 or rotate the support 400 in the vertical direction of the body 100. In more detail, the support driving unit 500 includes a support driving means 510 and a rotating means 520.
As illustrated in
One surface of the rotating plate 511 is connected to the rotating means 520 so as to be rotated by the rotating means 520. Further, the other surface of the rotating plate 511 is provided with the support driving motor 512, the screw 513, the third rail 514, and the support connecting means 515.
The support driving motor 512 is provided to be adjacent to the other surface of the rotating plate 511.
One side of the screw 513 is connected to the support driving motor 512, and the other side thereof is connected to the rotating plate 511. Further, the screw 513 is provided to be formed in the vertical direction of the body 100. Further, the screw 513 has a screw thread formed in an outer side thereof and is rotated by the support driving motor 512.
The third rail 514 is provided on the other surface of the rotating plate 511 and is formed to be spaced apart from the screw 513 by a predetermined interval and to be parallel to the screw 513. That is, the third rail 514 is spaced apart from the screw 513 by the predetermined interval and is formed to be parallel to the screw 513 so as to be formed in the vertical direction of the body 100.
The support connecting means 515 has one side connected to the upper portion of the support 400 and the other side connected to the screw 513 and the third rail 514. In this case, the support connecting means 515 is connected to the support 400, and the screw 513 and third rail 514 so that a length of the support 400 forms the vertical direction of the body 100. The support connecting means 515 moves the support 400 in a length direction of the support 400 by a rotation of the screw 513.
As illustrated in
Further, when the rotating means 520 rotates the support 400 formed in a lower direction of the body 100 in an upper direction of the body 100, the rotating means 520 rotates the support 400 in a range of 0° to 50°.
As illustrated in
The controlling unit is connected to the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500 and serves to control the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500. In more detail, when the substrate 410 is immersed in or extracted from the aqueous solution 210, the controlling unit controls the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500 so that the substrate 410 maintains a predetermined angle on the basis of the surface of the aqueous solution 210. Further, when the substrate 410 is immersed in or extracted from the aqueous solution 210, the controlling unit controls the crucible driving unit 300 and the support driving unit 500 so that a predetermined speed is maintained.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/KR2015/004992 | 5/19/2015 | WO | 00 |
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