Patent Publication Number: US-2019186016-A1

Title: Drum for Roll-To-Roll Deposition, Roll-To-Roll Deposition Apparatus and Film Roll

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority to Republic of Korea Patent Application No. 10-2017-0176448, filed on Dec. 20, 2017 with the Korean Intellectual Property office, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Field of Technology 
     The present disclosure relates to a drum for roll-to-roll deposition capable of removing wrinkles occurring on a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll deposition process. 
     Further, the present disclosure relates to a roll-to-roll deposition apparatus including the drum. 
     Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a film roll having a wound flexible film, the flexible film on which an inorganic substance or organic substance is deposited. 
     Description of the Related Art 
     A general deposition apparatus for manufacturing semiconductors, displays, and light emitting devices includes an atomic layer deposition (ALD) apparatus, a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus, a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) apparatus, and the like. These devices include an enclosed chamber in which a deposition process is performed. 
     In the deposition process, a wafer or a substrate is loaded into the chamber, and then an organic substance or inorganic substance is deposited on the wafer or the substrate. Here, an internal temperature of the chamber and a temperature of the substrate are controlled during the deposition process by means of a heater disposed inside the chamber. 
     Further, process gas is supplied into the chamber through a gas distribution device such as a shower head disposed in the chamber. 
     When the deposition is completed, the chamber is opened and a substrate on which the organic substance or inorganic substance is deposited is unloaded from the chamber. 
     In such a conventional deposition apparatus, it is impossible to continuously perform the deposition process because the substrate cannot be continuously loaded or unloaded. 
     In order to overcome the above-described problem, a roll-to-roll deposition apparatus to perform the deposition process while continuously supplying a flexible substrate has been developed. The roll-to-roll deposition apparatus makes it possible to continuously perform the deposition process. 
     However, when the deposition process is performed by means of the roll-to-roll deposition apparatus, wrinkles may occur on the flexible substrate. It is known that the wrinkles occurring on the flexible substrate in the roll-to-roll deposition process are caused by heat or tension applied to the flexible substrate. 
     The wrinkles occurring on the flexible substrate may cause a non-uniform thickness of a deposition layer in the deposition process. The non-uniform thickness of the deposition layer may lead to over-etching of a wrinkle portion in a subsequent etching process. The over-etching may bring about various problems such as, for example, damage to a lower film formed on an lower portion of a film to be etched, a step coverage defect between a lower film and an upper film, a misalignment in an exposure process, and the like. 
     Therefore, there is a need to remove the wrinkles occurring on the flexible substrate in the roll-to-roll deposition process. 
     SUMMARY 
     An aspect of the present disclosure provides a drum for roll-to-roll deposition which may effectively remove wrinkles occurring on a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll deposition process. 
     Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a roll-to-roll deposition apparatus which may effectively remove wrinkles occurring on a flexible substrate. 
     Still another aspect of the present disclosure provides a film roll having a flexible film on which an inorganic substance or organic substance is deposited. 
     According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a drum for roll-to-roll deposition to rotate about a longitudinal axis. The drum may be circular in a widthwise cross-section. A longitudinal direction of the drum may be orthogonal to a progress direction of a substrate, and may be the same as a width direction of the substrate. Further, the widthwise cross-section of the drum may mean a cross-section cut in a width direction of the drum. 
     Here, opposite longitudinal edge portions of the drum each have a narrower width than a longitudinal central portion of the drum. 
     In a conventional drum for roll-to-roll deposition which has a cylindrical structure, widths of opposite longitudinal edge portions of the drum are each the same as a width of a longitudinal central portion of the drum. Wrinkles occurring on a substrate have a property of being pushed to a portion where tension is relatively weak. When the widths of the opposite longitudinal edge portions of the drum are each the same as the width of the longitudinal central portion of the drum, substantially the same tension is applied to a widthwise edge portion of the substrate from a widthwise central portion of the substrate. As a result, the wrinkles of the substrate are hardly pushed to the widthwise edge portion of the substrate, and remain after the deposition. 
     Conversely, the drum for roll-to-roll deposition according to embodiments of the present disclosure may have a cylindrical structure in which opposite longitudinal edge portions of the drum each have a narrower width than longitudinal central portion of the drum. 
     According to this structure, tension applied to the widthwise edge portion of the substrate may be lower than that applied to the widthwise central portion of the substrate, so that the wrinkles of the substrate may be easily pushed to the widthwise edge portion of the substrate and removed. As a result, the deposition process may be performed in a state where no wrinkles are present on the substrate, thereby resolving a problem of the non-uniform thickness of the deposition layer. 
     Preferably, the width of the drum may gradually decrease toward the opposite longitudinal edge portions from the longitudinally central portion, which makes it possible to bring the substrate into face-to-face contact with the surface of the drum, thereby preventing deposition stability from being lowered. 
     Also, the widths of the opposite longitudinal edge portions of the drum each may be preferably 90% or more of the width of the longitudinal central portion of the drum, which makes it possible to stably bring the substrate into face-to-face contact with the surface of the drum. 
     In addition, a heating element may be disposed on a surface or inside of the drum for roll-to-roll deposition according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The heating element may be heated by a resistance heating method and serve to provide heat required for the substrate during the deposition process. 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a roll-to-roll deposition apparatus including an extracting roller, a drum, a gas supply and a winding roller. The extracting roller may continuously supply a flexible substrate to the drum. 
     The drum may be in contact with a lower surface of the flexible substrate supplied from the extracting roller and rotate about a longitudinal axis of the drum. Further, the drum may be circular in a widthwise cross-section and have a shape in which opposite longitudinal edge portions of the drum each have a narrower width than a longitudinal central portion of the drum. The gas supply may have a surface that faces the drum, and supply process gas to an upper surface of the flexible substrate to perform deposition. The winding roller may wind the flexible substrate transferred from the drum after completion of the deposition. 
     The roll-to-roll deposition apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include the drum which is circular in the widthwise cross-section and has a shape in which the opposite longitudinal edge portions of the drum each have a narrower width than the longitudinal central portion of the drum, and thus may remove the wrinkles occurring on the flexible substrate, thereby resolving a problem of the non-uniform thickness of the deposition layer. 
     The roll-to-roll deposition apparatus may additionally include at least one roller (a direction switching roller or a tension adjusting roller) to switch a direction of the flexible substrate being transferred or to adjust tension between the extracting roller and the drum. Here, the additionally included roller may also be circular in a widthwise cross-section and have a shape in which opposite longitudinal edge portions thereof each have a narrower width than a longitudinal central portion thereof, thereby further improving the efficiency of removing the wrinkles of the substrate. 
     Moreover, the gas supply may have a concave surface in not only a width direction but also a longitudinal direction. This structure may allow a distance from the gas supply to the flexible substrate in contact with the drum, i.e., a deposition distance, to be substantially the same. As a result, it is possible to further improve thickness uniformity of the deposition layer. 
     According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a film roll having a flexible substrate wound thereon, and at least one deposition layer made of at least one of an organic substance and an inorganic substance may disposed on the flexible substrate. Here, a widthwise thickness variation of the deposition layer may be 5% or less. 
     A final product of the roll-to-roll deposition process is a film roll. As described above, when applying the cylindrical drum having a shape in which widths of opposite longitudinal edge portions of the drum are each the same as that of a longitudinal central portion of the drum, the wrinkles may remain on the flexible substrate, resulting in poor thickness uniformity of the deposited film. Conversely, when applying the cylindrical drum having a shape in which the widths of the opposite longitudinal edge portions are each narrower than that of the longitudinally central portion, the wrinkles of the flexible substrate may be removed, thereby exhibiting excellent thickness uniformity in which the widthwise thickness variation of the deposition layer is 5% or less. 
     The drum for roll-to-roll deposition according to embodiments of the present disclosure may have a shape in which the opposite longitudinal edge portions each have a narrower width than the longitudinally central portion, and the shape of the drum may allow the tension applied to the widthwise edge portion of the substrate to be lower than that applied to the widthwise central portion of the substrate. 
     Accordingly, the wrinkles of the flexible substrate may be pushed toward the widthwise edge portion of the substrate, and finally may be removed. As a result, the deposition process may be performed in a state where no wrinkles are present on the substrate, and thus it is possible to manufacture a film roll having a small widthwise thickness variation of the deposition layer. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  schematically shows an example of a roll-to-roll deposition apparatus which may be applied to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  shows an example of a drum and a gas supply of  FIG. 1  according to one embodiment. 
         FIG. 3  shows an example of a cylindrical drum for roll-to-roll deposition according to the related art. 
         FIG. 4  shows widths of a longitudinal central portion and a longitudinal edge portion of a drum shown in  FIG. 3   
         FIG. 5  shows an example of a cylindrical drum for roll-to-roll deposition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  shows a width of a longitudinal central portion of the drum and widths of longitudinal edge portions of the drum shown in  FIG. 5 . 
         FIG. 7A  and  FIG. 7B  are respectively a plan view and a cross-sectional view showing an example in which wrinkles are present on a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll deposition process. 
         FIG. 8A  and  FIG. 8B  are respectively a plan view and a cross-sectional view showing an example in which wrinkles are not present on a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll deposition process. 
         FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C  schematically shows a process of removing wrinkles of a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll deposition process. 
         FIG. 10  shows an example of a cross-section of a flexible film on which a deposition layer is disposed when the cylindrical drum of  FIG. 5  is applied. 
         FIG. 11  shows an example of a cross-section of a flexible film on which a deposition layer is disposed when the cylindrical drum of  FIG. 3  is applied. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Hereinafter, a drum for roll-to-roll deposition, a roll-to-roll deposition apparatus, and a film roll according to embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 
     Terms such as first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe components. Such terms are not used to define a corresponding component, but are used merely to distinguish the corresponding component from another component. 
     In describing a positional relationship using phrases such as “component A on component B” and “component A above component B,” another component C may be arranged between the components A and B unless the term “immediately” or “directly” is explicitly used. 
     A longitudinal direction of the drum may be orthogonal to a progress direction of a substrate, and may be the same as a width direction of the substrate. Further, a width direction of the drum may be the same as the progress direction of the substrate, and may be orthogonal to the width direction of the substrate. Furthermore, a widthwise cross-section of the drum may mean a cross-section cut in a width direction of the drum. 
       FIG. 1  schematically shows an example of a roll-to-roll deposition apparatus which is applicable to embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , the roll-to-roll deposition apparatus may include a process chamber  101 , an extracting roller  110  and a winding roller  120  disposed outside the process chamber  101 , and a drum  130  and a gas supply  140  disposed inside the process chamber  101 . As shown in  FIG. 1 , the extracting roller  110  and the winding roller  120  may be disposed in a preliminary chamber  102 , and the process chamber  101  and the preliminary chamber  102  may communicate with each other by opening a slit  103  which is openable and closeable. In addition, the process chamber  101  and the preliminary chamber  102  may be maintained in a vacuum state. 
     A flexible substrate  10  may be continuously supplied from the extracting roller  110 . The drum  130  may rotate in contact with a lower surface of the flexible substrate  10  supplied from the extracting roller  110 . The gas supply  140  may have a surface that faces the drum  130  and supply process gas to an upper surface of the flexible substrate  10  to perform deposition of an organic substance and/or an inorganic substance. The winding roller  120  may wind the flexible substrate  10  transferred from the drum  130  after completion of the deposition. 
     A heating element  135  may be disposed on a surface or inside of the drum  130 . The heating element  135  may be made of tungsten (W), nickel-chromium (Ni-Cr), a carbon nano tube (CNT) or the like. The heating element  135  may be heated by a resistance heating method and serve to provide heat required for the flexible substrate 10, e.g., 50 to 300° C. during a deposition process. 
     Also, referring to  FIG. 1 , a plurality of rollers  150  may be additionally disposed between the extracting roller  110  and the drum  130  and/or between the drum  130  and the winding roller  120  so as to switch a direction of the flexible substrate  10  or adjust tension of the flexible substrate  10 . 
     Besides, a heater  160  and/or a plasma module  170  may be additionally disposed between the extracting roller  110  and the drum  130 . The heater  160  or the plasma module  170  may serve to preprocess the flexible substrate  10  before the deposition process. For example, the heater  160  may serve to evaporate moisture present on the upper surface, which is a deposition surface of the flexible substrate  10  supplied from the extracting roller  110 , and to separate air molecules adsorbed on the upper surface of the flexible substrate from the surface of the flexible substrate. As the heater  160 , various heaters including an infrared heater may be used. In addition, the plasma module  170  may serve to remove foreign substances adsorbed on the surface of the flexible substrate  10 . 
       FIG. 2  shows an example of the drum and the gas supply of  FIG. 1 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , the gas supply  140  may include a plurality of nozzles  145  on a surface thereof. The process gas such as precursor gas or atmospheric gas may be sprayed onto the flexible substrate  10  through the plurality of nozzles  145  to form a desired deposition layer on the surface of the flexible substrate  10 . 
     Also, a surface of the gas supply  140  may be concave in a width direction because a widthwise cross-section of the drum  130  is convex, so that a distance between each nozzle  145  and the flexible substrate  10  to be deposited may be maintained constant to form a deposition layer with uniform thickness. If the gas supply  140  is flat, a distance between a nozzle located at a central portion of the gas supply  140  and the flexible substrate may be shorter than a distance between a nozzle located at an edge portion of the gas supply  140  and the flexible substrate, resulting in a thickness variation of the deposition layer formed on the flexible substrate. However, when the surface of the gas supply  140  is concave in a width direction, the distance between the nozzle located at the central portion and the flexible substrate may be same as the distance between the nozzle located at the edge portion and the flexible substrate, thereby improving the thickness uniformity of the deposition layer. 
       FIG. 3  shows an example of a cylindrical drum with a roll-to-roll deposition according to the related art, and  FIG. 4  shows widths of a longitudinal central portion and a longitudinal edge portion of a drum shown in  FIG. 3   
     Referring to  FIGS. 3 and 4 , a conventional cylindrical drum for roll-to-roll deposition, may be circular in a widthwise cross-section, and a width T 1  of a longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum is equal to a width T 2  of a longitudinal edge portion P 2  of the drum (T 1 =T 2 ). 
     As described above, in a roll-to-roll deposition process, wrinkles may occur on the flexible substrate due to heat or tension. When deposition is performed in a state where wrinkles are present on the flexible substrate, a deposition thickness of a portion where the wrinkles occur and a deposition thickness of a portion where the wrinkles do not occur may be different from each other. Such a non-uniform thickness of the deposited film may lead to over-etching of a wrinkle portion resulting from the thickness variation in a subsequent etching process. The over-etching may bring about damage to a lower film, and a step coverage defect between the lower film and an upper film. Also, the non-uniform thickness of the deposition layer may bring about various problems such as, for example, a misalignment in an exposure process, and the like. Therefore, there is a need to remove the wrinkles occurring on the flexible substrate before or at the same time of the roll-to-roll deposition process. 
     Here, when widths of opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  of the drum are each the same as a width of a longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum as shown in  FIG. 3 , substantially same tension may be applied from a widthwise central portion of the flexible substrate to a widthwise edge portion of the flexible substrate. The wrinkles occurring on the flexible substrate tends to be pushed toward a portion where the tension is relatively weak. When the widths of the opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  of the drum are the same as the width of the longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum, substantially the same tension may be applied from the widthwise central portion of the flexible substrate to the widthwise edge portion of the flexible substrate as shown in  FIG. 3 . Accordingly, the wrinkles may not be pushed out, and thus are likely to remain when the deposition is performed. 
       FIG. 5  shows an example of a cylindrical drum for roll-to-roll deposition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and  FIG. 6  shows a width of a longitudinal central portion of the drum and widths of longitudinal edge portions of the drum shown in  FIG. 5 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 5 and 6 , the cylindrical drum for roll-to-roll deposition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may rotate about a longitudinal axis and may be circular in a widthwise cross-section. This drum may be the same as the cylindrical drum according to the related art shown in  FIGS. 3 and 4 . However, the drum for roll-to-roll deposition according to embodiments of the present disclosure may have a shape in which widths T 2  of the opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  of the drum are each narrower than a width T 1  of the longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum (T 1 &gt;T 2 ). Since a force applied to the same area is proportional to mass, a larger force may be applied to the longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum than the opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  of the drum. 
     Accordingly, the tension applied to the widthwise central portion of the flexible substrate may be larger than the tension applied to the widthwise edge portion of the flexible substrate, and thus the wrinkles occurring on a central portion of the flexible substrate may be easily pushed to the widthwise edge portion of the substrate to which relatively lower tension is applied. As a result, the deposition process may be performed in a state where the wrinkles are removed from the flexible substrate, thereby resolving a problem of the non-uniform thickness of the deposition layer. 
     Preferably, the width of the drum may gradually decrease from the longitudinal central portion P 1  thereof to the opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  thereof as shown in  FIG. 5 . 
     When the width discontinuously decreases from the longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum to the opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  of the drum, for example, in a stepped manner, a partial area of the flexible substrate  10  may not be in contact with the drum, and as a result deposition stability may be lowered. Accordingly, when the width gradually decreases from the longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum to the opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  of the drum, the flexible substrate  10  may be more stably in face-to-face contact with the surface of the drum  130 , thereby preventing the deposition stability from being lowered. 
     Preferably, the widths T 2  of the opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  of the drum may be 90% or more of the width T 1  of the longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum (0.9×T 1 ≤T 2 &lt;T 1 ). When the widths T 2  of the opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  of the drum are each excessively narrower than the width T 1  of the longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum, the deposition may be performed in a state that the flexible substrate is in contact with only the longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum, and is lifted at the longitudinal opposite edge portions P 2  of the drum without being in contact therewith. Therefore, by making the widths of the opposite longitudinal edge portions P 2  of the drum 90% or more of the width of the longitudinal central portion P 1  of the drum, the substrate may be stably brought into face-to-face contact with the surface of the drum. 
       FIG. 7A  is a plan view and  FIG. 7B  a widthwise cross-sectional view of a substrate showing an example in which wrinkles are present on a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll deposition process, showing a state of the substrate when using the cylindrical drum according to the related art shown in  FIG. 3 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 7 , when wrinkles S are present on the flexible substrate, the wrinkles S may have a shape that extends along a longitudinal direction of the flexible substrate. Therefore, the surface of the flexible substrate may not be locally flat due to the wrinkles S. As a result, when an organic substance or inorganic substance is deposited on the flexible substrate, a thickness of a deposition layer formed on a portion where the wrinkles S occur may be different from that formed on a portion where the wrinkles S do not occur. 
       FIG. 8A  which is a plan view and  FIG. 8B  a widthwise cross-sectional view of a substrate showing an example in which wrinkles are not present on a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll deposition process, shows a state of the substrate when using the cylindrical drum shown in  FIG. 5 . 
     In  FIG. 8B , no wrinkle is present on the flexible substrate, unlike  FIG. 7 . Accordingly, when the organic substance or inorganic substance is deposited on the flexible substrate, the deposited film may have uniform thickness in overall. 
       FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C  schematically shows a process of removing wrinkles of a flexible substrate in a roll-to-roll deposition process when using the cylindrical drum according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 9 , the wrinkles S occurring on the widthwise central portion of the flexible substrate as shown in  FIG. 9A  may gradually move toward the longitudinal edge portion of the drum to which lower tension is applied while being in contact with the cylindrical drum having a shape in which the widths of the opposite longitudinal edge portions are each narrower than the width of the longitudinally central portion as shown in  FIG. 9  B, and may be finally removed as shown in  FIG. 9C . 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , a structure of the cylindrical drum for roll-to-roll deposition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to other rollers. For example, the rollers  150 , which are additionally disposed between the extracting roller  110  and the drum  130  so as to switch a direction of the flexible substrate being transferred and adjust tension, the rollers  150  also may have a shape in which the widths of the opposite longitudinal edge portions are each narrower than the width of the longitudinally central portion, thereby further improving the efficiency of removing the wrinkles of the flexible substrate  10 . 
     In addition, the gas supply  140  may have a concave surface in not only a width direction but also a longitudinal direction to correspond to a surface shape of the cylindrical drum as shown in  FIG. 5 . This structure may allow a distance from the gas supply  140  to the flexible substrate  10  in contact with the drum  130 , i.e., a deposition distance, to be substantially the same. 
       FIG. 10  shows an example of a cross-section of a flexible film on which a deposition layer is disposed when the cylindrical drum of  FIG. 5  is applied, and  FIG. 11  shows an example of a cross-section of a flexible film on which a deposition layer is disposed when the cylindrical drum of  FIG. 3  is applied. 
       FIGS. 10 and 11  each show a resultant structure after forming a deposition layer  20  made of a silicon nitride having a thickness of about 560 nm on the flexible substrate  10  made of a polyimide material having a thickness of about 100 μm through a CVD process using the roll-to-roll deposition apparatus shown in  FIG. 1 . An actual thickness of the flexible substrate  10  is significantly larger than that of the deposition layer  20 , but the thickness of the deposition layer  20  is illustrated slightly more largely in  FIGS. 10 and 11  for ease of explanation. 
     Referring to  FIG. 10 , when using a drum having a shape in which the widths of opposite longitudinal edge portions are each narrower than that of the longitudinal central portion as shown in  FIG. 5 , a thickness ST 1  of the deposition layer formed on the widthwise central portion of the flexible substrate may be substantially the same as thicknesses ST 2  and ST 3  of the deposition layer formed on the width edge portions of the flexible substrate. Thus, it is possible to form the deposition layer  20  having a small widthwise thickness variation, preferably a widthwise thickness variation of 5% or less, on the flexible substrate  10  although the roll-to-roll process is used. 
     On the other hand, referring to  FIG. 11 , when using a drum having a shape in which the widths of opposite longitudinal edge portions are each same as that of the longitudinal central portion as shown in  FIG. 3 , a thickness ST 1  of the deposition layer formed on the widthwise central portion of the flexible substrate may be relatively thinner than thicknesses ST 2  and ST 3  of the deposition layer formed on the width edge portions of the flexible substrate. 
     As a result, in  FIG. 10 , the wrinkles S of the flexible substrate  10  may be removed, and the deposition layer may have excellent thickness uniformity in a width direction of the flexible substrate  10 , whereas, in  FIG. 11 , the wrinkles S of the flexible substrate  10  may remain and the deposition layer may have relatively poor thickness uniformity in a width direction of the flexible substrate  10 . 
     As described above, it is possible to remove the wrinkles occurring on the flexible substrate when the roll-to-roll process is performed by applying the drum having a shape in which the widths of opposite longitudinal edge portions are each narrower than that of the longitudinally central portion, thereby making it possible to manufacture a film roll having the deposition layer with excellent widthwise thickness uniformity. 
     The present disclosure is described with reference to embodiments described herein and accompanying drawings, but is not limited thereto. It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications which are not exemplified herein but are still within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure may be made. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
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                  10: Flexible substrate 
                  20: Deposition layer 
               
               
                   
                 101: Process chamber 
                 102: Preliminary chamber 
               
               
                   
                 103: Opening and closing slit 
                 110: Extracting roller 
               
               
                   
                 120: Winding roller 
                 130: Drum 
               
               
                   
                 135: Heating element 
                 140: Gas supply 
               
               
                   
                 145: Nozzle 
                 150: Roller 
               
               
                   
                 160: Heater 
                 170: Plasma module