Patent ID: 7017637
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B05D,B32B,H01L

Abstract:
1. A thin film forming apparatus, comprising: a processing container whose inside is a thin film forming chamber; substrate holding means which holds a substrate in said thin film forming chamber; film holding means which is disposed to face said substrate holding means in said thin film forming chamber, and holds a sheet film in a condition that a thin film disposed on a surface of said sheet film is directed toward said substrate; loading means which moves at least one of said substrate holding means and said film holding means, presses said substrate and said sheet film against each other, and transfers said thin film to said substrate; and pressure controlling means which adjusts the pressure inside said thin film forming chamber in accordance with an operating state of at least said loading means, wherein said pressure controlling means comprises: an exhausting unit which is linked to said thin film forming chamber and evacuates said thin film forming chamber; an exhaust adjusting unit which is inserted between said exhausting unit and said thin film forming chamber and is capable of adjusting the volume of exhaust air per unit time exhausted from said thin film forming chamber to said exhausting unit; and a pressure adjusting unit which controls said exhaust adjusting unit in accordance with an operating state of said loading means and accordingly adjusts the pressure inside said thin film forming chamber.