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Coating apparatus

US5529627A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 28, 1995
Grant dateJun 25, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/3408
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The inside of a coating chamber (2) has a sputtering cathode (3) bearing a magnet set (6) and having a pot-shaped electrode (4) and a target (5). The electrode (4) is closed on the side facing away from the target (5) by a cover (11) to form a pressure equalizing chamber (12). The latter has a vacuum connection (13) for establishing a vacuum acting against the vacuum in the coating chamber (2).

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