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Sputtering apparatus

US4673482A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 1986
Grant dateJun 16, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/3402
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sputtering apparatus for sputtering magnetic materials. The apparatus comprises at least one pair of magnetic field-generating sources, a substrate disposed within the magnetic field-generating sources, a target disposed opposite to the substrate, and a magnetic thin plate disposed at a side of the substrate which is remote from the target. The magnetic thin plate is disposed at a position in close contact with the substrate or a position slightly away from the substrate, or is disposed movably between such positions. When sputtering a magnetic material onto the substrate, a uniform magnetic field can be generated on the substrate surface by virtue of the provision of the thin magnetic plate.

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