摘要 |
The present invention relates to a method of receiving and treating a moving substrate web (1 10) in a reaction space of an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor (100) and apparatuses therefore. It also pertains to a production line that includes such a reactor. The invention comprises receiving a moving substrate web into a reaction space (150) of an atomic layer deposition reactor providing a track for the substrate web with a repeating pattern (140) in the reaction space and exposing the reaction space to precursor pulses to deposit material on the substrate web by sequential self saturating surface reactions. The pattern is performed by turning the direction of propagation of the substrate web a plurality of times in the reaction space. One effect of the invention is adjusting an ALD reactor to a required production line substrate web speed. |