Thin film forming apparatus and thin film forming method
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With a thin film bearing surface of a substrate directed toward an insulation film which is formed on a surface of a quartz plate, the substrate and the quartz plate are moved closer to each other and the insulation film is tightly adhered to the thin film bearing surface (adhering process). The quartz plate alone is then selectively peeled off, thereby completing transfer of the insulation film onto the substrate (peeling process). In this manner, the insulation film is disposed on the thin film bearing surface of the substrate, and a transportation mechanism then houses the substrate in a substrate cassette. Meanwhile, after the quartz plate is transported by the transportation mechanism to a cleaning unit and cleaned by the cleaning unit (cleaning process), the quartz plate is returned to a plate-like member cassette and waits in this cassette until reused next time.
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12. A thin film forming method for forming a thin film onto a thin film bearing surface of a substrate, said method comprising:
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a coating step of forming a thin film onto a plate-like member which is non-flexible;
an adhering step of tightly adhering said thin film to said thin film bearing surface; and
a peeling step of releasing the joining of said thin film and said plate-like member after said adhering step and thereby peeling off said plate-like member, wherein said plate-like member is a quartz plate. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A thin film forming method for forming a thin film onto a thin film bearing surface of a substrate, said method comprising:
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a coating step of forming a thin film onto a plate-like member which is non-flexible;
an adhering step of tightly adhering said thin film to said thin film bearing surface;
a peeling step of releasing the joining of said thin film and said plate-like member after said adhering step and thereby peeling off said plate-like member; and
a cleaning step of cleaning said plate-like member after said peeling step. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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