US4234622A
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Vacuum deposition method
Assignee: United States Department of the Army
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Filing: 1979-04-11
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Granted: 1980-11-18
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Expires: 1999-04-11
Abstract
Abstract Metallic coatings are vacuum deposited onto a substrate using more than oneeposition method in a single vacuum deposition chamber without breaking vacuum between depositions by providing a vacuum deposition chamber with an RF sputter electrode, a chemical vapor deposition assembly spaced from the sputter electrode, and a substrate that can be rotated from beneath the RF sputter electrode to beneath the chemical vapor deposition assembly, then cleaning and degassing the substrate under vacuum in the deposition chamber, then positioning the substrate below the RF sputter electrode, backfilling the chamber with argon, and then sputter depositing a metal coating onto the substrate and then rotating the coated substrate to beneath the chemical vapor deposition assembly, vacuum pumping the chamber, delivering the material to be chemically vapor deposited to the substrate surface, and heating the substrate to the temperature required for the chemical vapor deposition reaction to take place.
Inventors
- 👤 Stanley DuBuske
- 👤 Willis M. Smith
- 👤 Edward Daly
- 👤 Albert F. Newman
- 👤 Louis E. Branovich
- 👤 Adolph G. Hager
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 12:43
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/44; C23C14/00; C23C14/22; C23C14/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
231 words
Method of vacuum depositing more than one metallic coating onto a substrate using different film deposition methods in a single vacuum deposition chamber without breaking vacuum between depositions, said method including the steps of: (a) providing a vacuum deposition chamber with an RF sputter electrode, a chemical vapor deposition assembly spaced from said sputter electrode, and a substrate that can be rotated from beneath the RF sputter electrode to beneath the chemical vapor deposition assembly, wherein said chemical vapor deposition assembly includes a delivery tube for delivering material for chemical vapor deposition to the substrate, a source of material for said chemical vapor deposition located externally to said vacuum deposition chamber and connecting with an end of said delivery tube, and an RF coil positioned around the other end of the delivery tube to heat the substrate to the chemical vapor deposition reaction temperature, (b) cleaning and degassing the substrate under vacuum in the deposition chamber, (c) positioning the substrate below the RF sputter electrode, backfilling the chamber with argon, and then sputter depositing a primary metal coating onto the substrate, and (d) rotating the coated substrate to beneath the chemical vapor deposition assembly, vacuum pumping the chamber to 10 -7 torr, delivering the material to be chemically vapor deposited to the substrate surface, and heating the substrate to the temperature required for the chemical vapor deposition reaction to take place.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
231 words
Method of vacuum depositing more than one metallic coating onto a substrate using different film deposition methods in a single vacuum deposition chamber without breaking vacuum between depositions, said method including the steps of: (a) providing a vacuum deposition chamber with an RF sputter electrode, a chemical vapor deposition assembly spaced from said sputter electrode, and a substrate that can be rotated from beneath the RF sputter electrode to beneath the chemical vapor deposition assembly, wherein said chemical vapor deposition assembly includes a delivery tube for delivering material for chemical vapor deposition to the substrate, a source of material for said chemical vapor deposition located externally to said vacuum deposition chamber and connecting with an end of said delivery tube, and an RF coil positioned around the other end of the delivery tube to heat the substrate to the chemical vapor deposition reaction temperature, (b) cleaning and degassing the substrate under vacuum in the deposition chamber, (c) positioning the substrate below the RF sputter electrode, backfilling the chamber with argon, and then sputter depositing a primary metal coating onto the substrate, and (d) rotating the coated substrate to beneath the chemical vapor deposition assembly, vacuum pumping the chamber to 10 -7 torr, delivering the material to be chemically vapor deposited to the substrate surface, and heating the substrate to the temperature required for the chemical vapor deposition reaction to take place.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein the substrate is a wafer of an insulator material selected from the group consisting of boron nitride, aluminum oxide, beryllium oxide, sapphire, and quartz.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
Method according to claim 2 wherein the substrate is a wafer of boron nitride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
Method according to claim 2 wherein the substrate is a wafer of aluminum oxide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
Method according to claim 2 wherein the substrate is a wafer of beryllium oxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
Method according to claim 2 wherein the substrate is a wafer of sapphire.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
Method according to claim 2 wherein the substrate is a wafer of quartz.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein the material for chemical vapor deposition is delivered in a controlled manner to the substrate surface by vacuum suction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein the primary metal sputter deposited onto the substrate is titanium.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
Method according to claim 9 wherein the chemical vapor deposition reaction results in a material selected from the group consisting of molybdenum and tungsten being deposited on the primary deposition of titanium.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
Method according to claim 10 wherein the chemical vapor deposition reaction results in molybdenum being deposited on the primary deposition of titanium.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
Method according to claim 10 wherein the chemical vapor deposition reaction results in tungsten being deposited on the primary deposition of titanium.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein the vacuum deposition chamber is provided with a second RF sputter electrode.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
46 words
Method according to claim 13 wherein the substrate is rotated from beneath the chemical vapor deposition assembly to beneath the second RF sputter electrode, the vacuum chamber backfilled with argon to 10 -2 torr, and a metal coating sputter deposited onto the chemically vapor deposited layer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein chromium is RF sputter deposited onto the substrate and molybdenum then chemically vapor deposited over the chromium.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein chromium is RF sputter deposited onto the substrate and tungsten then chemically vapor deposited over the chromium.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
14 words
Method according to claim 15 wherein copper is RF sputter deposited over the molybdenum.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
Method according to claim 16 wherein copper is RF sputter deposited over the tungsten.
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