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Thin film manufacturing system

US4887548A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1988
Grant dateDec 19, 1989
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C16/488
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A thin film manufacturing system comprises a reaction vessel with a window that is transparent to ultraviolet radiation; a means of exhausting gas from the reaction vessel to a reduced pressure condition, a means of introducing a gas into the reaction vessel to form a thin film, a source of ultraviolet radiation that activates the gas, and slits provided at a predetermined interval on the window that is transparent to ultraviolet radiation.

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