Coating unit

{
  "publication_number": "US6113695A",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A",
  "title": "Coating unit",
  "abstract": "In a coating unit, a piezovalve driven by piezoelectric elements is used as an opening and closing valve 79. The use of the piezovalve which can nearly disregard delay time makes it possible to accurately control the time of working the opening and closing valve 79 and to finely control working speed thereof at the time of opening and closing the valve. Therefore, operation necessary for closing the valve can be slowly performed, thus appropriately preventing dripping of a resist solution and occurrence of bubbles in a resist solution by air which enters from a forward end of a resist nozzle 60.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A coating unit comprising: a tank keeping a coating solution; a nozzle discharging the coating solution supplied from said tank toward a treatment body; a pump, disposed between said tank and said nozzle, pressing out the coating solution in said tank; an opening and closing valve, disposed between said pump and said nozzle, opening and closing a flow path of the coating solution by being driven electrically; and a suck-back valve, disposed between said opening and closing valve and said nozzle, applying negative pressure to the coating solution in the flow path by being driven electrically after a lapse of designated time after said opening and closing valve is closed.",
    "2. The coating unit according to claim 1, wherein said opening and closing valve and/or said suck-back valve are driven by piezoelectric elements.",
    "3. A coating unit comprising: a tank keeping a coating solution; a nozzle discharging the coating solution supplied from said tank toward a treatment body; a pump disposed between said tank and said nozzle; a filter disposed between said tank and said pump; and an opening and closing valve, disposed between said pump and said nozzle, opening and closing a flow path of the coating solution by being driven electrically.",
    "4. The coating unit according to claim 3, wherein said filter is built in a coating solution inflow side of said pump.",
    "5. The coating unit according to claim 3, wherein said opening and closing valve is driven by piezoelectric elements.",
    "6. The coating unit according to claim 5, wherein said filter is built in a coating solution inflow side of said pump.",
    "7. A coating unit comprising: a tank keeping a coating solution; a nozzle discharging the coating solution supplied from said tank toward a treatment body; a pump disposed between said tank and said nozzle; a filter disposed between said tank and said pump; an opening and closing valve, disposed between said pump and said nozzle, opening and closing a flow path of the coating solution by being driven electrically; and a suck-back valve, disposed between said opening and closing valve and said nozzle, applying negative pressure to the coating solution in the flow path by being driven electrically after a lapse of designated time after said opening and closing valve is closed.",
    "8. The coating unit according to claim 7, wherein said opening and closing valve and/or said suck-back valve are driven by piezoelectric elements.",
    "9. The coating unit according to claim 7, wherein said filter is built in a coating solution inflow side of said pump.",
    "10. The coating unit according to claim 8, wherein said filter is built in a coating solution inflow side of said pump.",
    "11. A coating unit comprising: a tank keeping a coating solution; two or more nozzles discharging the coating solution supplied from said tank toward a treatment body; a pump disposed between said tank and each of said nozzles; a filter disposed between said tank and said pump; two or more opening and closing valves, disposed between said pump and each of said nozzles, opening and closing a flow path of the coating solution by being driven electrically; and two or more suck-back valves, disposed between each of said opening and closing valves and each of said nozzles, applying negative pressure to the coating solution in the flow path by being driven electrically after a lapse of designated time after said opening and closing valve are closed.",
    "12. The coating unit according to claim 11, wherein said opening and closing valves and/or said suck-back valves are driven by piezoelectric elements.",
    "13. The coating unit according to claim 11, wherein said filter is built in a coating solution inflow side of said pump.",
    "14. The coating unit according to claim 12, wherein said filter is built in a coating solution inflow side of said pump."
  ],
  "cpc": [
    "B05C 11/1026",
    "B05C 11/08",
    "B05C 11/1039",
    "B05C 11/1047",
    "F16K 31/004",
    "H10P 72/0448",
    "H10P 95/00"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "TOKYO ELECTRON LTD"
  ],
  "filing_date": "1998-07-21",
  "publication_date": "2000-09-05",
  "grant_date": "2000-09-05",
  "priority_date": "1997-07-23",
  "application_number": "US-11965598-A",
  "family_id": "16370964",
  "citations": [
    "EP0639865A1",
    "JPH0261377A",
    "JPH0826849A",
    "JPS434482Y1",
    "JPS5156845A",
    "JPS59115856A",
    "JPS63236559A",
    "US5127362A",
    "US5134962A",
    "US5318271A",
    "US5636402A",
    "US5665200A"
  ]
}