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Thin film forming apparatus

US4989541A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 14, 1990
Grant dateFeb 5, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 14, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C16/45582
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A thin film forming apparatus includes, in addition to a material gas nozzle, a control gas nozzle for jetting a control gas flow which encircles a material gas flow jetted from the material gas nozzle against a substrate supported in a reaction chamber, so as to shape the material gas flow into the form of a beam.

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