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Dual cylindrical target magnetron with multiple anodes

US5645699A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 21, 1996
Grant dateJul 8, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/3405
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Two adjacent rotating cylindrical targets are used in a specific form of a vacuum sputtering system to deposit a film of material onto a substrate. Elongated anodes are provided on opposite sides and in between the targets in a manner to make more uniform the rate of deposition across the substrate.

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