HOLDING AND FIXING UTENSIL FOR SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:JPH0653309A

    公开(公告)日:1994-02-25

    申请号:JP11868193

    申请日:1993-05-20

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PURPOSE: To planarize the surface of a flexible substrate within a submicron- order allowance by providing separate vacuum elements for supporting the four peripheral points and the center of the substrate. CONSTITUTION: Vacuum elements 10, 12 are fixed to a frame 20. Vacuum elements 14, 16, 18 are fixed to a gimbal disc 26, which allows three degrees of freedom for their rotary motions, relative to the frame 20 and has passages 30, coupling an external vacuum source hose mount 31 with respect to the vacuum elements 14, 16, 18 through flexible hoses 32. The frame 20 has passages 34, coupling an external vacuum source hose 35 to the vacuum elements 10, 12 and a passage 36, coupling the gimbal disc 26 to appropriately compressed air feed source through an external hose mount 38. A flexible substrate having a flat lower surface is placed near five support members and a triangular plane, defined by three support members contacted to the disc 26, is adjusted and the support members are locked.

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