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Vapor source for vacuum coating installation

US4748935A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 31, 1986
Grant dateJun 7, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/3053
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vapor source for a vacuum-coating installation comprises a rotatably mounted vaporizing crucible, a drive motor and a device, preferably an electron beam gun, for heating the material to be vaporized, all arranged in one structural unit, movable as a whole in the coating installation. With this, the site of the vaporization for a given layer-thickness distribution can be selected optimally to correspond to the respective applications.

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