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Spotter-deposit method and apparatus

US5741405A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 1996
Grant dateApr 21, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/16
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for sputter-depositing a layer of a material on a substrate, in which the layer is applied to the substrate by sequentially effecting a plurality of partial sputter-deposits thereon during a plurality of operational periods each including a sputter-deposit time interval followed by a non-deposit time interval of at least equal duration to the sputter-deposit time interval.

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