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MT CVD process

US6146697A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1999
Grant dateNov 14, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T407/27
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention comprises a method for coating at least one substrate with a carbonitride-containing coating by a MT CVD process which includes heating a substrate or substrates to a reaction temperature in a reaction chamber and then introducing into the reaction chamber a deposition process gas comprising from about 1 to about 30% of a hydrogen halide and predetermined amounts of a carbon/nitrogen source, a metal-halogen compound, H.sub.2, and optionally N.sub.2 so that a layer of the carbonitride-containing coating deposits on the surface of the substrates or substrates. The present invention also includes embodiments for coating at least one substrate with a carbonitride-containing coating by a MT CVD process which includes maintaining a temperature gradient in the reaction chamber during the introduction of the deposition process gas into the reaction chamber. Carbonitride-containing coatings that may be applied by the method include carbonitrides, oxycarbonitrides, and borocarbonitrides of Ti, Hf, Zr, V, Nb, and Ta and their mixtures and alloys.

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