Patent ID: 9680098
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: C23C,H01L

Claim:
1. An element manufacturing method for processing a substrate that extends from one roll to another roll, the method comprising the steps of: providing an intermediate product that includes the substrate and a protrusion extending in a normal direction of the substrate; forming a stacked structure by continuously stacking a lid member on the intermediate product at a side where the protrusion is provided, in a stacking chamber conditioned to a vacuum environment; transporting the stacked structure from the stacking chamber to a first pressure chamber coupled to the stacking chamber and conditioned to a first pressure higher than a pressure existing in the vacuum environment; further transporting the stacked structure from the first pressure chamber to a separation chamber coupled to the first pressure chamber and conditioned to a vacuum environment; and separating the stacked structure into the intermediate product and the lid member, in the separation chamber; wherein, when viewed in a cross section of the stacked structure taken along a plane orthogonal to a direction in which the stacked structure is transported, a space between the intermediate product and the lid member is hermetically sealed from surroundings by the differential pressure in the respective chambers after the step of transporting the stacked structure.