Patent ID: 6868888
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: B32B,H01L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A thin film forming apparatus comprising: a process part which forms a thin film on a substrate using a sheet film; and an indexer having a substrate cassette in which a substrate is housed and a substrate transporting robot, which supplies said substrate to said process part, said process part having: a film supplier which supplies a sheet film; a coater which applies a thin film coating liquid upon a surface of said sheet film supplied from said film supplier and coats a thin film; a transfer device which tightly joins said sheet film now bearing said thin film and a substrate supplied from said indexer to each other, accordingly generates a tightly adhered object and transfers said thin film onto said substrate; a peeling device which peels off said sheet film from said tightly adhered object; and a transport mechanism which transport said substrate to and from said indexer and which transports said sheet film and/or said substrate between said film supplier, said coater, said transfer device and said peeling device.