Patent ID: 8900366

Claim:
A device for depositing a stacked multilayer coating comprising a plurality of organic layers and a plurality of inorganic layers onto to an organic light-emitting diode that is placed onto a discrete, flexible substrate, said device comprising: an inorganic layer deposition station defining a cluster configuration; and a thermally-controlled organic layer deposition station defining an in-line configuration operatively coupled to said inorganic layer deposition station, said organic layer deposition station comprising: an organic material supply; an organic material evaporator; an organic material deposition nozzle; an organic material curing station; and an organic material confinement mechanism comprising a reduced-pressure source placed in vacuum communication with at least said substrate such that during at least a portion of deposition of said organic layer onto said substrate, said organic material confinement mechanism operates to substantially prevent stray organic material that is about said substrate from reaching said organic material curing station, wherein said inorganic layer deposition station and said organic layer deposition station cooperate with one another to deposit said plurality of organic layers and said plurality of inorganic layers in an alternating pattern to encapsulate said organic light-emitting diode that is situated on said substrate.