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Method and apparatus for depositing a substance with temperature control

US5551983A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 1994
Grant dateSep 3, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 1, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C16/4584
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for depositing a substance with temperature control includes, in one embodiment: a mandrel rotatable on an axis; a spacer mounted on the mandrel; a substance mounted on the spacer; a plasma, containing constituents of the substance being deposited, directed toward the substrate; the spacer having a thermal conductance in its thickness direction that varies with radial dimension.

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