KR101452213B1 - Apparatus and method for Scribing substrate - Google Patents
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A substrate cutting apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for cutting a substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an apparatus for forming a work line on which an EN (ENCAP) glass is disposed on an upper portion and a cutting process is performed on an original substrate on which an LT (LTPS) table; An original substrate loading unit disposed in an entrance area of the apparatus table and loaded with an original substrate; A substrate reversing unit disposed behind the original substrate loading unit along the operation line and inverting the original substrate such that the EN glass is disposed at the lower portion and the LT glass is disposed at the upper portion; An X-axis lower cutting unit for cutting the EN glass in the lower region of the original substrate downward in the X-axis direction which is the working line direction; And an X-axis upper cutting unit disposed behind the X-axis lower cutting unit along the operation line and cutting the LT glass in the X-axis direction in the lower area of the original substrate.
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The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for cutting a substrate, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for cutting a substrate, which can cut an original substrate into unit substrates by an optimal method considering the amount of cutting of the LT glass and the EN glass from the original substrate, The present invention relates to a substrate cutting apparatus and a method for cutting a substrate, which can improve cutting efficiency as well as reduction in tact time.
Various types of flat panel display substrates are available, including LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), PDP (Plasma Display Panel) and OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes).
Among them, an OLED called an organic light emitting diode refers to a 'self-emitting organic material' that emits light by using an electroluminescent phenomenon that emits light when a fluorescent organic compound is supplied with an electric current.
OLEDs can be driven at low voltages and can be made thinner, have a wide viewing angle, and have a fast response time, making them a next-generation display device that can replace current LCDs.
OLEDs can be divided into passive PMOLEDs and active AMOLEDs depending on the driving method. In particular, AMOLED is a self-emissive display that has a faster response speed than conventional displays, has a natural color and has low power consumption. In addition, if AMOLED is applied to film rather than glass substrate, it can implement the technology of flexible display.
Currently available OLED substrates are 32 inches and 55 inches in size.
Such an OLED substrate is called an ENCAP glass (hereinafter referred to as an EN glass) and a low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) glass (hereinafter referred to as an LT glass) through a cutting device, which is also called a scriber or a scribe apparatus. ) Are bonded to each other.
On the other hand, when the LT glass and the EN glass are cut from the original substrate as required, the amount of the EN glass to be cut must be larger than that of the LT glass due to the characteristics of the OLED substrate. In the past, a simple scriber, The cutting efficiency of the substrate is inevitably lowered, and productivity improvement can not be expected. Therefore, it is urgent to improve the structure.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for cutting a substrate, which can cut a substrate into unit substrates by an optimal method considering the amount of cutting of the LT glass and the EN glass from the substrate, The present invention provides a substrate cutting apparatus and a method thereof capable of improving productivity with a reduction in tact time.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising: a device table forming an operation line in which an EN (ENCAP) glass is disposed on an upper portion and an LT (LTPS) glass is disposed on a lower portion, A substrate loading unit disposed in an entrance area of the apparatus table and loaded with the original substrate; A substrate reversing unit disposed at a rear side of the original substrate loading unit along the operation line, inverting the original substrate so that the EN glass is disposed at a lower portion and the LT glass is disposed at an upper portion; An X-axis lower cutting unit for cutting the EN glass in a lower region of the original substrate in an X-axis direction that is a direction of the work line; And an X-axis upper cutting unit disposed at the rear of the X-axis lower cutting unit along the operation line and cutting the LT glass upward in the X-axis direction in a lower region of the original substrate. Can be provided.
And a first stage disposed in an upper region of the X-axis lower cutting portion and adapted to absorb the LT glass as an upper portion of the original substrate inverted by the original substrate reverser.
And a plurality of first vision cameras for sensing a position where the EN glass is to be cut downward in the X-axis direction before the X-axis lower cutting unit cuts the EN glass downward in the X-axis direction.
And a second stage disposed at a rear portion of the first stage along the operation line and disposed in a lower region of the X-axis upper cutting portion, for adsorbing the EN glass under the original substrate.
And a plurality of second vision cameras for sensing a position to be cut in the X-axis direction before the LT glass is cut upward in the X-axis direction by the X-axis upper cutting unit.
Wherein the original substrate loading unit includes: a shuttle unit for transferring the original substrate at an index; And a centering unit for centering the original substrate.
And a Y-axis lower cutting unit disposed at the rear of the X-axis lower cutting unit and cutting the EN glass in a Y-axis direction intersecting with the X-axis in a lower area of the original substrate.
And a Y-axis upper cutting unit disposed behind the X-axis upper cutting unit and cutting the LT glass upward in the Y-axis direction in an upper area of the original substrate.
An unloading transfer disposed in the exit area of the apparatus table for unloading the processed substrate after the cutting process has been completed; And a process-completed substrate reverser disposed around the unloading transfer, for reversing the unloaded substrate such that the EN glass is disposed on the upper portion and the LT glass is disposed on the lower portion.
The substrate may be an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes).
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: an original substrate loading step in which an EN (ENCAP) glass is disposed on an upper side and an LT (LTPS) A substrate inverting step of inverting the original substrate such that the EN glass is disposed at a lower portion and the LT glass is disposed at an upper portion; An X-axis lower cutting step of cutting the EN glass in a lower region of the original substrate in an X-axis direction which is a direction of a work line in which a cutting process is performed; And an upper X-axis cutting step of cutting the LT glass in the X-axis direction in an upper region of the original substrate after the X-axis lower cutting step.
And the LT glass absorption step of adsorbing the LT glass which is the upper part of the original substrate inverted so that the EN glass is arranged at the lower part and the LT glass is arranged at the upper part before the X-axis lower cutting step is performed have.
And a lower cutting position sensing step of sensing an X-axis direction lower cutting position in the X-axis direction before the X-axis lower cutting step is performed.
The EN glass adsorption step may further include adsorbing the EN glass as a lower part of the original substrate on which the X-axis lower cutting is completed before the X-axis upper cutting step is performed.
And an X-axis direction upper cutting position sensing step of sensing an upper cutting position in the X-axis direction before the X-axis upper cutting step is performed.
And a Y-axis lower cutting step of cutting the EN glass in the Y-axis direction intersecting with the X-axis in a lower region of the original substrate after the X-axis lower cutting step.
And a Y-axis upper cutting step of cutting the LT glass in the Y-axis direction in an upper region of the original substrate after the Y-axis lower cutting step.
A step of unloading a processed substrate on which a cutting process has been completed; And a process-completed substrate reversing step of reversing the unloaded substrate such that the EN glass is disposed on the upper side and the LT glass is disposed on the lower side.
According to the present invention, the original substrate can be cut into unit substrates by an optimal method considering the amount of cutting of the LT glass and the EN glass from the original substrate, thereby improving the cutting efficiency of the substrate unlike the prior art, time can be reduced.
1 is a schematic diagram of a 55 inch module cut through a substrate cutting apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a step of cutting a substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a substrate cutting method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a plan structural view of a substrate cutting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a side view of the structure of Fig. 4. Fig.
FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of the area A in FIG.
FIG. 7 is a structural diagram for the area B in FIG.
8 is a structural view of the area C in Fig.
FIG. 9 is a structural diagram for the area D in FIG.
FIG. 10 is a structural view of the area E in FIG. 4; FIG.
Fig. 11 is a structural diagram of the F region in Fig. 4; Fig.
FIG. 12 is a structural view of the G region in FIG. 4; FIG.
13 is a schematic diagram of a 55 inch lighting cut through a substrate cutting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing a step of cutting a substrate according to another embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a flowchart of a substrate cutting method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
In order to fully understand the present invention, operational advantages of the present invention, and objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.
1 is a schematic diagram of a 55 inch module cut through a substrate cutting apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
As described above, the OLED substrate is in a state in which an ENCAP glass (hereinafter referred to as EN glass) and a low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) glass (hereinafter referred to as LT glass) are bonded through a cutting apparatus of this embodiment And can be manufactured by cutting the original substrate horizontally / vertically.
At this time, in the case of a 55 inch module cut, since the cutting amount of the EN glass is larger than that of the LT glass as shown in FIG. 1, it is difficult to apply a conventional cutting device. Thus, in this embodiment, .
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of cutting a substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of cutting a substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, 4 is a structural view of the region A of FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a structural view of the region B of FIG. 4, and FIG. 8 is a cross- FIG. 10 is a structural diagram for the region D in FIG. 4, FIG. 10 is a structural diagram for the region E in FIG. 4, FIG. 11 is a structural diagram for the region F in FIG. And FIG. 13 is a structural diagram for the H region in FIG.
1, an EN (ENCAP) glass is disposed at an upper portion of the apparatus and a LT (LTPS) glass is disposed at an upper portion of the apparatus. An apparatus table 110 for forming a working line on which a cutting process is performed on an original substrate (see FIG. 1) (See FIG. 1) that has been cut to complete the cutting process.
As shown in Fig. 4, a work line that sequentially advances the process while the original substrate flows is referred to as an X-axis direction, and a direction crossing the X-axis direction is defined as a Y-axis direction.
In the entrance area of the apparatus table 110, as shown in FIG. 5, an original
The original substrate loaded on the original
6, the original
An up / down driving
The
As described above, the original substrate loaded on the original
As shown in FIG. 7, the
A
The
A plurality of first vision cameras 145 (see FIGS. 2 and 8) are provided around the
8, the LT glass as an upper part of the original substrate is absorbed by the
Although not shown in detail, the X-axis
The EN glass under the X-axis
On the other hand, a
The
A plurality of second vision cameras 165 (see FIGS. 2 and 10) are provided in the periphery of the
As shown in FIG. 10, the X-axis
Although not shown in detail, the X-axis
The upper substrate, which has passed the X-axis
On the other hand, an unloading
The unloading
12, the process-completed
Hereinafter, the substrate cutting method of this embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 2 and 3. Fig.
The original substrate is loaded into the original
The
When the lower cutting of the X-axis direction with respect to the EN glass is completed, the
When the cutting process is completed in this way, the processed substrate, which has been cut, is unloaded by the unloading transfer 180 (S19).
Then, the EN glass is disposed on the upper side through the process-completed
According to this embodiment having such a structure and operation, the original substrate can be cut into a unit substrate by an optimum method considering the amount of cutting of the LT glass and the EN glass from the original substrate, thereby improving the cutting efficiency of the substrate It is possible to improve the productivity as well as decrease the tact time.
FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a 55-inch lighting cut through a substrate cutting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing a step of cutting a substrate according to another embodiment of the present invention, 6 is a flowchart of a substrate cutting method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Unlike the module cut shown in Fig. 1, in the case of the lighting cut, a step of cutting the EN glass and the LT glass in the Y-axis direction shown in Fig. 4 is added.
15, the Y-axis lower cutting step S36 may be performed consecutively after the X-axis lower cutting step S35, and the Y-axis upper cutting step S40 may be performed along the X-axis upper cutting step S39 ). ≪ / RTI > Alternatively, the X-axis
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Accordingly, such modifications or variations are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.
110: apparatus table 120: original substrate loading section
121: Shuttle unit 122: Centering unit
123: up / down driving part 130:
140: first stage 145: first vision camera
150: X-axis lower cutting portion 160: second stage
165: Second vision camera 170: X-axis upper cutting unit
180: unloading transfer 190: process completed substrate transfer
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A substrate loading unit disposed in an entrance area of the apparatus table and loaded with the original substrate;
A substrate reversing unit disposed at a rear side of the original substrate loading unit along the operation line, inverting the original substrate so that the EN glass is disposed at a lower portion and the LT glass is disposed at an upper portion;
An X-axis lower cutting unit for cutting the EN glass in a lower region of the original substrate in an X-axis direction that is a direction of the work line; And
And an X-axis upper cutting unit disposed at the rear of the X-axis lower cutting unit along the operation line, for cutting the LT glass upward in the X-axis direction in a lower region of the original substrate.
Further comprising a first stage disposed in an upper region of the X-axis lower cutting portion for picking up the LT glass as an upper portion of the original substrate inverted by the original substrate reverser.
Further comprising a plurality of first vision cameras for sensing a position to be cut in the X-axis direction before the EN glass is lower-cut in the X-axis direction by the X-axis lower cutting unit .
Further comprising a second stage disposed at a rear portion of the first stage along the operation line and disposed in a lower region of the X-axis upper cutting portion, for adsorbing the EN glass as a lower portion of the original substrate Cutting device.
Further comprising a plurality of second vision cameras for sensing a position to be cut in the X-axis direction before the LT glass is cut in the X-axis direction by the X-axis upper cutting unit .
The original-
A shuttle unit for transferring the original substrate to an index; And
And a centering unit for centering the original substrate.
Further comprising a Y-axis lower cutting unit disposed at the rear of the X-axis lower cutting unit and cutting the EN glass in a Y-axis direction intersecting with the X-axis in a lower area of the original substrate. .
Further comprising a Y-axis upper cutting unit disposed behind the X-axis upper cutting unit and cutting the LT glass upward in the Y-axis direction in an upper region of the original substrate.
An unloading transfer disposed in the exit area of the apparatus table for unloading the processed substrate after the cutting process has been completed; And
And a process-completed substrate reverser disposed around the unloading transfer, for reversing the unloaded substrate such that the EN glass is disposed on the upper portion and the LT glass is disposed on the lower portion.
Wherein the substrate is OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes).
A substrate inverting step of inverting the original substrate such that the EN glass is disposed at a lower portion and the LT glass is disposed at an upper portion;
An X-axis lower cutting step of cutting the EN glass in a lower region of the original substrate in an X-axis direction which is a direction of a work line in which a cutting process is performed; And
And an X-axis upper cutting step of cutting the LT glass in the X-axis direction in an upper region of the original substrate after the X-axis lower cutting step.
Further comprising an LT glass adsorption step for adsorbing the LT glass as an upper portion of the original substrate which is inverted such that the EN glass is disposed at the lower portion and the LT glass is disposed at an upper portion before the X axis lower cutting step is performed Wherein the substrate is cut.
Further comprising an X-axis direction lower cutting position sensing step of sensing a position to be lowered in the X-axis direction before the X-axis lower cutting step is performed.
Further comprising an EN glass adsorption step of adsorbing the EN glass as a lower part of the original substrate on which the X-axis lower cutting is completed before the X-axis upper cutting step is performed.
Further comprising an X-axis direction upper cutting position sensing step of sensing a position to be cut in the X-axis direction before the X-axis upper cutting step is performed.
Further comprising a Y-axis lower cutting step of cutting the EN glass in a Y-axis direction intersecting with the X-axis in a lower region of the original substrate after the X-axis lower cutting step.
Further comprising a Y-axis upper cutting step of cutting the LT glass in the Y-axis direction in an upper region of the original substrate after the Y-axis lower cutting step.
A step of unloading a processed substrate on which a cutting process has been completed; And
Further comprising the step of inverting the substrate to be unloaded, wherein the EN glass is disposed on the upper side and the LT glass is inverted again so that the LT glass is disposed on the lower side.
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