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Oblique deposition apparatus

US6730197B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2002
Grant dateMay 4, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J37/3447
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An oblique sputtering deposition apparatus is provided for preparing a thin film. A collimator having angled passages for filtering out particles from stray directions is placed between the substrate and the incident particle flux. The angle of the passages can be adjusted from about 0 to about 90° with respect to the substrate normal according to requirements. The oblique incidence of particle flux brings forms a column structure which is also angled.

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