Patent ID: 8545630
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
1. A coating apparatus, comprising: a chamber device comprising a chamber body and a chamber door; the chamber body comprising a front surface, and two coating chambers, two parallel coating channels, and a transportation channel communicating with the coating channels all defined in the front surface, the coating chambers separated from each other, the coating chambers and the coating channels alternately arranged, each coating chamber defining at least one coating slot communicating with the respective coating channel; and the chamber door being hinged to the chamber body to open or close the coating chambers, and being configured for covering the front surface; and a transporting device comprising a shaft rotatable with respect to the chamber device and a carrying board fixed on the shaft, the shaft axially movable in the transportation channel, the carrying board receivable in each of the coating channels for exposing a substrate to the corresponding coating chamber via the associated coating slot, the carrying board rotatable about the shaft in each of the coating channels and jointly movable with the shaft in and along the transportation channel between the coating channels.