Patents Assigned to AP SYSTEMS INC.
  • Patent number: 11967492
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thin film manufacturing apparatus including a chamber having an inner process space of a substrate, a substrate support unit connected to the chamber to support the substrate in the chamber, a heat source unit connected to the chamber and disposed opposite to the substrate support unit, a plasma generation unit connected to one side of the chamber to supply radicals between the substrate support unit and the heat source unit, and a baffle connected to the chamber and including a movement passage of the radicals therein and a plurality of first exhaust holes communicating with the movement passage, which are formed in a top surface thereof. The thin film manufacturing apparatus may improve uniformity of the thin film formed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Byoung Il Lee, Chang Kyo Kim, Chang Min Kwon, Seung Won Yu
  • Patent number: 10680177
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a shadow mask, wherein hybrid processing is used to form a mask pattern on the shadow mask, the method includes: forming a laser-processed pattern by irradiating a laser beam from above a base; and forming a wet-etched pattern that continues from the laser-processing pattern, by performing wet etching from above the base or from below the base on which the laser-processed pattern is formed. The present invention uses hybrid processing including wet etching and laser processing for manufacturing a shadow mask. The method has an effect on solving the productivity degradation of the conventional laser processing and provides a shadow mask with high quality using wet etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Jong-Kab Park, Bo-Ram Kim, Jun-Gyu Hur, Doh-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10490370
    Abstract: Provided are an emergency stop apparatus including a switch unit installed in a work space, electrically connected to a facility, and operable by pulling and a wire which is disposed in the work space so that tension is applied and of which at least one side is detachably mounted on the switch unit and an emergency stop method for quickly stopping the facility at a desired position within the work space in a manner of pulling or pushing the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Kwang Soo Kim, Jong Gwon Choi, Hyun Sik Yun, Joo Hyeok Baek
  • Patent number: 10428415
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a shadow mask, wherein hybrid processing is used to form a mask pattern on the shadow mask, the method includes: forming a wet-etched pattern by performing wet etching from above a base; and forming a laser-processed pattern that continues from the wet-etched pattern, by performing laser processing from above the base or from below the base on which the wet-etched pattern is formed. The present invention uses hybrid processing including wet etching and laser processing for manufacturing a shadow mask. The method has an effect on solving the productivity degradation of the conventional laser processing and provides a shadow mask with high quality using wet etching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Jong-Kab Park, Bo-Ram Kim, Jun-Gyu Hur, Doh-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10106914
    Abstract: The present disclosure controls the heat source unit such that a to-be-processed object in which a hydrogen-containing to-be-processed layer is formed is irradiated with light in two stages, and thus the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device may be suppressed and prevented from being deteriorated due to hydrogen. That is, ultraviolet light (UV) which is firstly radiated may induce a chemical reaction for separating Si—H bonds in the to-be-processed layer, and infrared light (IR) which is secondly radiated may induce a thermal reaction for vaporizing the separated hydrogen from the Si—H bonds. As such, both a chemical reaction for separating bonds of hydrogen and other ions in the to-be-processed layer and a thermal reaction for vaporizing hydrogen are performed, and thus hydrogen may be more easily removed than a temperature at which hydrogen is vaporized from the to-be-processed layer by only a thermal reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Pil Seong Jeong, Sang Hyun Ji, Sung Yong Lee, Yong Woo Han
  • Publication number: 20180205018
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a shadow mask, wherein hybrid processing is used to form a mask pattern on the shadow mask, the method includes: forming a laser-processed pattern by irradiating a laser beam from above a base; and forming a wet-etched pattern that continues from the laser-processing pattern, by performing wet etching from above the base or from below the base on which the laser-processed pattern is formed. The present invention uses hybrid processing including wet etching and laser processing for manufacturing a shadow mask. The method has an effect on solving the productivity degradation of the conventional laser processing and provides a shadow mask with high quality using wet etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: AP Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jong-Kab PARK, Bo-Ram KIM, Jun-Gyu HUR, Doh-Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20180202035
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of manufacturing a shadow mask, wherein hybrid processing is used to form a mask pattern on the shadow mask, the method includes: forming a wet-etched pattern by performing wet etching from above a base; and forming a laser-processed pattern that continues from the wet-etched pattern, by performing laser processing from above the base or from below the base on which the wet-etched pattern is formed. The present invention uses hybrid processing including wet etching and laser processing for manufacturing a shadow mask. The method has an effect on solving the productivity degradation of the conventional laser processing and provides a shadow mask with high quality using wet etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Jong-Kab Park, Bo-Ram Kim, Jun-Gyu Hur, Doh-Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 9568372
    Abstract: Disclosed is a calibrating apparatus which is adapted to remove a measurement deviation of a pyrometer, and more particularly, to an apparatus for calibrating a pyrometer, which calibrates a reference value so as to remove a deviation in a temperature measured in a pyrometer. The apparatus for calibrating a pyrometer includes a blackbody including a radiant space from which radiant energy is radiated, a body housing configured to receive the blackbody therein and including a light output wall having a light output port connected with the radiant space, a light output wall protecting cover comprising a transparent blocking plate disposed at a position opposite to the light output port so as to transmit a long wavelength of approximately 5 ?m to approximately 20 ?m may and configured to be coupled with the light output wall of the body housing, and a fixing member configured to fix the light output wall protecting cover to the light output wall of the body housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Ji
  • Patent number: 9500530
    Abstract: Disclosed is a calibrating apparatus which is adapted to remove a measurement deviation of a pyrometer, and more particularly, to an apparatus for calibrating a pyrometer, which calibrates a reference value so as to remove a deviation in a temperature measured in a pyrometer. The apparatus for calibrating a pyrometer includes a blackbody including a radiant space from which radiant energy is radiated, a body housing configured to receive the blackbody therein and including a light output wall having a light output port connected with the radiant space, a light output wall protecting cover configured to be coupled with the light output wall of the body housing so as to define a passage connecting the light output wall of the body housing and an outside environment, and a fixing member configured to fix the light output wall protecting cover to the light output wall of the body housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Ji
  • Patent number: 9470581
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of detecting a temperature through a pyrometer in a non-contact manner, and an apparatus for processing a substrate using the apparatus, and more particularly, an apparatus and method of detecting a temperature, which precisely measures a temperature without any effect by humidity, and an apparatus for processing a substrate using the same. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for detecting a temperature includes a humidity sensor configured to measure a humidity value, a temperature compensation database configured to store a temperature compensation value for each humidity value, and a pyrometer providing a non-contact temperature calculated by adding a temperature compensation value corresponding to a humidity value detected by the humidity sensor to a temperature to be compensated, which is obtained by converting a measured a wavelength intensity of a radiation radiated from an object in a wavelength band to be compensated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Ji
  • Patent number: 9431279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heater block and a substrate treatment apparatus, and more particularly to a heater block to perform heat treatment on a substrate and a substrate treatment apparatus having the same. According to embodiments of the present invention, it is provided a heater block for a substrate treatment apparatus having heating lamps on its one side to transfer heat to a target subjected to heat treatment, the heating lamps having different arrangement patterns in a plurality of regions on said one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Chang-Kyo Kim, Sung-Chul Kim, Chang-Min Kwon, Ki-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 9400425
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for cleaning a photomask. This apparatus, suitable for use in removing an adhesive residue from a photomask, includes a photomask disposed such that a surface thereof on which an adhesive residue is left behind is directed downwards, a metal plate formed adjacent to the adhesive residue, and a laser generator for irradiating a laser onto the metal plate so that the adhesive residue is removed by heat generated from the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: AP Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Kwak, Min Young Cho
  • Patent number: 9386632
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate treatment apparatus and method which perform heat treatment on a substrate, and can accurately measure the temperature of the substrate even at a low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Sang-Hyun Ji
  • Patent number: 9318359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for heat-treating a substrate, and more particularly to an apparatus for substrate treatment to perform a heat treatment of a substrate for a flat panel display panel. An apparatus for substrate treatment according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a processing chamber having a substrate treatment space; a heating housing having a heating lamp that emits radiant energy and a reflecting block that reflects radiant energy emitted from the heating lamp; and a window that maintains a sealing between the processing chamber and the heating housing and transmits the radiant energy to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Il-Hwan Lim, Jang-Woo Shim, Chul-Soo Kim, Seung-Ae Choi
  • Patent number: 9117858
    Abstract: A heater block according to the present invention comprises a light-emitting lamp; a concave reflecting member that is placed opposite the lamp and has a concave reflecting surface at one surface faced with the lamp; a lens module that is inserted into the concave reflecting member and has at least one lens; and a flat reflecting member that is placed opposite the lens module. According to embodiments of the present invention, light emitted from the lamp is reflected by the concave reflecting member. Then, light and heat are collected from the reflected light by the flat reflecting member and the lens module and are irradiated on a substrate. That is, light having energy greater than a conventional manner is irradiated on the substrate to enhance the instant heating temperature and temperature increasing rate of substrate and to increase a heat-focusing area. Therefore, it has an advantage that the productivity of semiconductor or display device manufacture that requires a rapid thermal process is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Il Hwan Lim, Jang Woo Shim, Chul Soo Kim, Seung Ae Choi
  • Patent number: 8913884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heater block for a rapid thermal processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a heater block in which heating lamps are densely arranged in a tessellation. The tessellation has a structure such that the plurality of heating lamps are arranged at right angles to form a zigzag line, and the thus-formed zigzagged line is repeated such that the zigzagged line is combined with the adjacent zigzagged line. According to the present invention, a temperature gradient caused by a void between heating lamps is prevented, and heating lamps are densely arranged to increase heat density for a heat radiation area as opposed to conventional heater blocks, thus achieving improved heat treatment efficiency using less energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: AP Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Kyo Kim, Tae Jong Ki, Choul Soo Kim, Ki Nam Kim
  • Publication number: 20140345646
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for cleaning a photomask. This apparatus, suitable for use in removing an adhesive residue from a photomask, includes a photomask disposed such that a surface thereof on which an adhesive residue is left behind is directed downwards, a metal plate formed adjacent to the adhesive residue, and a laser generator for irradiating a laser onto the metal plate so that the adhesive residue is removed by heat generated from the metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Kwak, Min Young Cho
  • Publication number: 20140284316
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of detecting a temperature through a pyrometer in a non-contact manner, and an apparatus for processing a substrate using the apparatus, and more particularly, an apparatus and method of detecting a temperature, which precisely measures a temperature without any effect by humidity, and an apparatus for processing a substrate using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun JI
  • Publication number: 20140219309
    Abstract: Disclosed is a calibrating apparatus which is adapted to remove a measurement deviation of a pyrometer, and more particularly, to an apparatus for calibrating a pyrometer, which calibrates a reference value so as to remove a deviation in a temperature measured in a pyrometer. The apparatus for calibrating a pyrometer includes a blackbody including a radiant space from which radiant energy is radiated, a body housing configured to receive the blackbody therein and including a light output wall having a light output port connected with the radiant space, a light output wall protecting cover configured to be coupled with the light output wall of the body housing so as to define a passage connecting the light output wall of the body housing and an outside environment, and a fixing member configured to fix the light output wall protecting cover to the light output wall of the body housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun JI
  • Publication number: 20140219310
    Abstract: Disclosed is a calibrating apparatus which is adapted to remove a measurement deviation of a pyrometer, and more particularly, to an apparatus for calibrating a pyrometer, which calibrates a reference value so as to remove a deviation in a temperature measured in a pyrometer. The apparatus for calibrating a pyrometer includes a blackbody including a radiant space from which radiant energy is radiated, a body housing configured to receive the blackbody therein and including a light output wall having a light output port connected with the radiant space, a light output wall protecting cover comprising a transparent blocking plate disposed at a position opposite to the light output port so as to transmit a long wavelength of approximately 5 ?m to approximately 20 ?m may and configured to be coupled with the light output wall of the body housing, and a fixing member configured to fix the light output wall protecting cover to the light output wall of the body housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Ji