Film formation method using oscillators for measurement and calibration during calibration step performed during film formation

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PATENT NO 9382624
APP PUB NO 20150176129A1
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14635558

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A film formation method controls with accuracy the thickness of a thin film formed on a film formation object. The film formation method includes a film formation step of heating a film formation source and forming a film on a film formation object while moving the film formation source and monitoring an amount of released vapors of the film forming material using a quartz oscillator for measurement, a control step of adjusting a heating temperature of the film formation source based on the monitored value of the quartz oscillator for measurement, and a calibration step of calibrating the monitored value of the quartz oscillator for measurement, using a quartz oscillator for calibration and the quartz oscillator for measurement. The calibration step is performed in a middle of the film formation step, after movement of the film formation source is started from a waiting position.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA30-2 SHIMOMARUKO 3-CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 146-8501

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Fukuda, Naoto Chiba, JP 14 96
Nakagawa, Yoshiyuki Chiba, JP 143 627
Nakano, Shingo Chiba, JP 26 165

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