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Process for depositing organic materials

  • US 7,858,144 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2007
  • Issued: 12/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process of making an organic thin film on a substrate by atomic layer deposition, comprising simultaneously directing a series of gas flows along substantially parallel elongated channels, and wherein the series of gas flows comprises, in order, at least a first reactive gaseous material, an inert purge gas, and a second reactive gaseous material, optionally repeated a plurality of times, wherein the first reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a substrate surface treated with the second reactive gaseous material and the second reactive gaseous material is capable of reacting with a surface treated with the first reactive gaseous material to form the thin film, wherein the first reactive gaseous material, the second reactive gaseous material or both is a volatile organic compound;

  • wherein the process is carried out substantially at or above atmospheric pressure, wherein the temperature of the substrate during deposition is under 250°

    C., and wherein the deposited organic thin film comprises at least 20 atomic weight percent carbon, andwherein the process is carried out in a deposition system comprising;

    (a) a plurality of sources for, respectively, a plurality of gaseous materials comprising at least a first, a second, and a third source for a first, a second, and a third gaseous material, respectively;

    (b) at least one delivery head for delivering the plurality of gaseous materials to a substrate receiving thin film deposition and comprising;

    (i) a plurality of inlet ports comprising at least a first, a second, and a third inlet port for receiving the first, the second, and the third gaseous material, respectively; and

    (ii) an output face separated a distance from the substrate and comprising a plurality of substantially parallel elongated output openings for each of the first, the second, and the third gaseous materials, wherein the delivery head is designed to deliver the first, the second, and the third gaseous materials simultaneously from the elongated output openings in the output face.

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