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Sputtering process and apparatus

US4166018A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 31, 1974
Grant dateAug 28, 1979
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Expiry dateJan 31, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/3497
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Sputtering apparatus is described in which a magnetic field is formed adjacent a planar sputtering surface, the field comprising arching lines of flux over a closed loop erosion region on the sputtering surface.

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