Abstract: A deposition source includes a furnace extending in a first direction and configured to discharge deposits on a substrate, and a cooling housing on the furnace comprising a plurality of cooling plates, wherein each of the cooling plates comprises a plurality of cooling flow paths around the furnace.

Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus that forms a thin film on a substrate includes: a deposition source that discharges a deposition material; a deposition source nozzle unit that is disposed at a side of the deposition source and includes a plurality of deposition source nozzles; a patterning slit sheet that is disposed opposite to the deposition source nozzle unit and includes a plurality of patterning slits; and a blocking member that is disposed between the substrate and the deposition source, wherein the thin film deposition apparatus is separated from the substrate by a predetermined distance, the substrate is moved relative to the thin film deposition apparatus, and the blocking member is moved along with the substrate to screen at least one portion of the substrate.

Abstract: An organic layer deposition apparatus, a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus by using the same, and an organic light-emitting display apparatus manufactured using the method. The organic layer deposition apparatus includes a conveyer unit including first and second conveyer units, loading and unloading units, and a deposition unit. A transfer unit moves between the first and second conveyer units, and the substrate attached to the transfer unit is spaced from a plurality of organic layer deposition assemblies of the deposition unit while being transferred by the first conveyer unit. The organic layer deposition assemblies include common layer deposition assemblies and pattern layer deposition assemblies.

Abstract: An organic layer deposition apparatus includes: a conveyer unit including a transfer unit for attaching a substrate, a first conveyer unit, and a second conveyer unit; and a deposition unit including a vacuum chamber and an organic layer deposition assembly for depositing an organic layer on the substrate. The organic layer deposition assembly includes: a deposition source for discharging a deposition material; a deposition source nozzle unit including a plurality of deposition source nozzles; a patterning slit sheet including a plurality of patterning slits that are arranged in a first direction; and a deposition source shutter that moves in the first direction, and selectively blocks the deposition material that is vaporized in the deposition source. The transfer unit moves between the first and second conveyer units. The transfer unit keeps the attached substrate spaced apart from the organic layer deposition assembly while being transferred by the first conveyer unit.

Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus used to manufacture large substrates on a mass scale and that allows high-definition patterning, and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus using the same, the apparatus inclues a loading unit fixing a substrate onto an electrostatic chuck; a deposition unit including a chamber maintained in a vacuum state and a thin film deposition assembly disposed in the chamber, separated from the substrate by a predetermined distance, to deposit a thin film on the substrate fixed on the electrostatic chuck; an unloading unit separating the substrate on which a deposition process is completed, from the electrostatic chuck; a first circulation unit sequentially moving the electrostatic chuck on which the substrate is fixed, to the loading unit, the deposition unit, and the unloading unit; and a second circulation unit returning the electrostatic chuck separated from the substrate to the loading unit from the unloading unit, wherein the first circulation unit p

Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device by using the same, and more particularly, to a thin film deposition apparatus that can remove a deposition material deposited on a patterning slit sheet without performing an additional cleaning process, and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device by using the thin film deposition apparatus.

Abstract: A controller board includes a memory and a timing controller. The memory stores previous frame image data. The timing controller outputs driving image data based on current frame image data supplied from an external device and the previous frame image data. The timing controller disperses a frequency band of the current frame image data within a reference frequency range to generate dispersed current frame image data and transmits the dispersed current frame image data to the memory.

Abstract: A sputtering system is disclosed.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck, a thin film deposition apparatus including the electrostatic chuck, and a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display apparatus using the thin film deposition apparatus. The electrostatic chuck includes: a first plate; a first common wire disposed on the first plate and electrically connected to a plus terminal of an electric power source; first electrode patterns electrically connected to the first common wire, separated by a distance from each other, and extending from the first common wire; a second common wire disposed on the first plate and electrically connected to a minus terminal of the electric power source; second electrode patterns electrically connected to the second common wire, separated by a distance from each other, and extending from the second common wire; a first additional wire electrically connected to the first common wire; and a second additional wire electrically connected to the second common wire.

Abstract: A deposition source and an organic layer deposition apparatus that may be simply applied to the manufacture of large-sized display apparatuses on a mass scale and may prevent or substantially prevent deposition source nozzles from being blocked during deposition of a deposition material, thereby improving manufacturing yield and deposition efficiency. A deposition source includes a first deposition source including a plurality of first deposition source nozzles, and a second deposition source including a plurality of second deposition source nozzles wherein the plurality of first deposition source nozzles and the plurality of second deposition source nozzles are tilted toward each other.

Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus includes: a deposition source that discharges a deposition material; a deposition source nozzle unit disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of deposition source nozzles arranged in a first direction; a patterning slit sheet disposed opposite to the deposition source nozzle unit and including a plurality of patterning slits arranged in the first direction; a position detection member that detects a relative position of the substrate to the patterning slit sheet; and an alignment control member that controls a relative position of the patterning slit sheet to the substrate by using the relative position of the substrate detected by the position detection member, wherein the thin film deposition apparatus and the substrate are separated from each other, and the thin film deposition apparatus and the substrate are moved relative to each other.

Abstract: A sputtering system is disclosed.

Abstract: A deposition source, a thin film deposition apparatus, and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus, the deposition source including: a crucible to hold a deposition material; a heater to heat the deposition material; a nozzle unit disposed at a side of the crucible; a first connector disposed between the crucible and the nozzle unit; a first valve disposed on the first connector to control the flow of the deposition material to the nozzle unit; a deposition material recovery unit to collect the deposition material; a second connector to connect the first connector to the deposition material recovery unit; and a second valve to control the flow of the deposition material through the second connector.

Abstract: A deposition source for an inorganic layer and a method for controlling a heating source thereof capable of improving a deposition efficiency, preventing condensation of a nozzle, and/or precisely controlling the temperature by minimizing the time that is needed to reach a stabilization of a deposition rate. The deposition source includes: a heating unit including a heating source for applying heat to a crucible; a housing for isolating the heat emitted from the heating unit; an outer wall for anchoring the crucible; and a nozzle unit for spraying the deposition materials evaporated from the crucible. The heating unit includes a first unit and a second unit. The crucible is positioned between the first unit and the second unit, and the heating unit includes a first power source for supplying electric power to the first unit and a second power source for supplying electric power to the second unit.

Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device by using the same, and more particularly, to a thin film deposition apparatus that can remove a deposition material deposited on a patterning slit sheet without performing an additional cleaning process, and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device by using the thin film deposition apparatus.

Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck that fixes a substrate on which a deposition material is to be deposited; a blocking member disposed at a side of the substrate fixed on the electrostatic chuck and covering at least a portion of the substrate; and a deposition unit including a chamber and a thin film deposition assembly disposed in the chamber and to deposit a thin film on the substrate fixed on the electrostatic chuck.

Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus used to manufacture large substrates on a mass scale and that allows high-definition patterning, and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus using the same, the apparatus includes a loading unit fixing a substrate onto an electrostatic chuck; a deposition unit including a chamber maintained in a vacuum state and a thin film deposition assembly disposed in the chamber, separated from the substrate by a predetermined distance, to deposit a thin film on the substrate fixed on the electrostatic chuck; an unloading unit separating the substrate on which a deposition process is completed, from the electrostatic chuck; a first circulation unit sequentially moving the electrostatic chuck on which the substrate is fixed, to the loading unit, the deposition unit, and the unloading unit; and a second circulation unit returning the electrostatic chuck separated from the substrate to the loading unit from the unloading unit, wherein the first circulation unit

Abstract: A thin film deposition apparatus that forms a thin film on a substrate includes: a deposition source that discharges a deposition material; a deposition source nozzle unit that is disposed at a side of the deposition source and includes a plurality of deposition source nozzles; a patterning slit sheet that is disposed opposite to the deposition source nozzle unit and includes a plurality of patterning slits; and a blocking member that is disposed between the substrate and the deposition source, wherein the thin film deposition apparatus is separated from the substrate by a predetermined distance, the substrate is moved relative to the thin film deposition apparatus, and the blocking member is moved along with the substrate to screen at least one portion of the substrate.

Abstract: A controller board includes a memory and a timing controller. The memory stores previous frame image data. The timing controller outputs driving image data based on current frame image data supplied from an external device and the previous frame image data. The timing controller disperses a frequency band of the current frame image data within a reference frequency range to generate dispersed current frame image data and transmits the dispersed current frame image data to the memory.

Abstract: A deposition source for an inorganic layer and a method for controlling a heating source thereof capable of improving a deposition efficiency, preventing condensation of a nozzle, and/or precisely controlling the temperature by minimizing the time that is needed to reach a stabilization of a deposition rate. The deposition source includes: a heating unit including a heating source for applying heat to a crucible; a housing for isolating the heat emitted from the heating unit; an outer wall for anchoring the crucible; and a nozzle unit for spraying the deposition materials evaporated from the crucible. The heating unit includes a first unit and a second unit. The crucible is positioned between the first unit and the second unit, and the heating unit includes a first power source for supplying electric power to the first unit and a second power source for supplying electric power to the second unit.