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Method for deposition of hard carbon film
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1987-05-20
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Granted: 1989-07-04
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Expires: 2007-05-20
Abstract
Abstract A diamond-like hard carbon film is formed on a substrate by impinging particles of carbon onto a surface of the substrate, bombarding the surface of the substrate with accelerated particles of inert gas or particles of carbon together with hydrogen in a direction not more than 10 degrees out of parallel to the surface so that the particles of carbon aggregate on the surface, at room temperature.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Kitabatake
- 👤 Kiyotaka Wasa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 20:57
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/60; H10P14/69; H10P14/6902; C; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/06; C23C14/0605; C23C16/00; C23C16/22; C23C16/26; C23C16/28; C30; C30B; C30B23/00; C30B23/02; C30B29/00; C30B29/02; C30B29/04; H10P14/63; H10P14/6326; H10P14/6328; H10P14/6329
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
235 words
A method for depositing a hard carbon film onto a surface of a non-diamond substrate, comprising: (a) impinging a set of first particles onto a surface of a non-diamond substrate, said first particles including carbon and at least one of hydrogen, hydrogen ions, a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ti, Ni, Rh, Pb, Pt and Co, by causing said first set of particles, having slow speed motion of <100 eV mainly inducted by thermal activity, to land on said surface and remain thereon; (b) bombarding said surface of said substrate, while conducting step (a), with a second set of second particles including at least one of neutral particles and ions, of at least one of inert gas, carbon, hydrogen and a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ti, Ni, Rh, Pb, Pt and Co, by causing said second set of particles to strike said surface with high speed motion of >100 eV in an accelerated particle beam, at an angle which is not more than 10 degrees out of parallel with said surface of said substrate; wherein at least one of said first and second sets of particles includes at least one of hydrogen and hydrogen ions, whereby particles of carbon are aggregated on said surface of said substrate to form a hard carbon film containing diamond crystals, while said substrate, considered as a whole, remains substantially at room temperature.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
235 words
A method for depositing a hard carbon film onto a surface of a non-diamond substrate, comprising: (a) impinging a set of first particles onto a surface of a non-diamond substrate, said first particles including carbon and at least one of hydrogen, hydrogen ions, a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ti, Ni, Rh, Pb, Pt and Co, by causing said first set of particles, having slow speed motion of <100 eV mainly inducted by thermal activity, to land on said surface and remain thereon; (b) bombarding said surface of said substrate, while conducting step (a), with a second set of second particles including at least one of neutral particles and ions, of at least one of inert gas, carbon, hydrogen and a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ti, Ni, Rh, Pb, Pt and Co, by causing said second set of particles to strike said surface with high speed motion of >100 eV in an accelerated particle beam, at an angle which is not more than 10 degrees out of parallel with said surface of said substrate; wherein at least one of said first and second sets of particles includes at least one of hydrogen and hydrogen ions, whereby particles of carbon are aggregated on said surface of said substrate to form a hard carbon film containing diamond crystals, while said substrate, considered as a whole, remains substantially at room temperature.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1, wherein: when steps (a) and (b) are begun, said surface exists as a grooved surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1, wherein: step (b) comprises sputtering a carbon target by an accelerated particle beam.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1, further including: a step of coating said surface with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ti, Ni, Rh, Pb, Pt and Co during conducting steps (a) and (b).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1, wherein: said inert gas is selected from the group consisting of argon, neon, helium and xenon.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1, wherein: the second particles include hydrogen ion and the diamond crystals have non-randomly oriented crystal axes which are generally aligned in relation to said accelerated particle beam.
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