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Cathode sputtering with multiple targets

US4252626A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 1980
Grant dateFeb 24, 1981
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for depositing a coating on a substrate are disclosed. Cathode sputtering techniques for rapidly depositing a relatively thick coating, of controllable and variable composition using multiple cathodes on a substrate having a complex geometry are developed. The apparatus employed includes a sputtering chamber formed between a center, post cathode, a hollow cylindrical cathode and supplemental cathode targets of a different composition.

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