US5049406A
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Method of manufacturing solid bodies
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1989-07-11
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Granted: 1991-09-17
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Expires: 2009-07-11
Abstract
Abstract A substrate (35) is coated by using starting materials which are supplied in the form of clusters (28). The clusters are disintegrated into their molecular or atomic constituents, and the constituents are deposited on the substrate in the form of compact layers (34). In this manner it is attained that the layers have a defined structure and do not exhibit inclusions in the form of foreign molecules.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter E. E. Geittner
- 👤 Hans-Jurgen Lydtin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 10:53
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/44; C23C16/50; C23C16/517; C23C14/00; C23C14/22; C23C14/228; C23C14/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of manufacturing solid bodies by coating a substrate by employing at least one starting material supplied in the form of clusters, which clusters are metered by a carrier-gas stream, which clusters are conveyed to and focussed on the axis of the carrier-gas stream by a laser beam which beam is oriented so as to be parallel to said axis, has an annular intensity distribution which is concentric with said axis, and which laser beam has a maximum energy density in the outer region surrounding the carrier-gas stream at a minimum energy density on its axis, disintegrating said clusters into their molecular or atomic constituents and depositing said constituents on said substrate in the form of compact layers.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of manufacturing solid bodies by coating a substrate by employing at least one starting material supplied in the form of clusters, which clusters are metered by a carrier-gas stream, which clusters are conveyed to and focussed on the axis of the carrier-gas stream by a laser beam which beam is oriented so as to be parallel to said axis, has an annular intensity distribution which is concentric with said axis, and which laser beam has a maximum energy density in the outer region surrounding the carrier-gas stream at a minimum energy density on its axis, disintegrating said clusters into their molecular or atomic constituents and depositing said constituents on said substrate in the form of compact layers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the laser beam is formed by using a CO 2 laser having a high output power.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the geometry of the laser beam is adapted to the predetermined or desired geometry of the cluster stream.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the cluster containing stream is led through a pipe which exhibits an increasing wall temperature between the location where the cluster is formed and the location where it is deposited.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the clusters are introduced into a plasma zone.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the clusters are introduced into a plasma chemical vapor deposition reaction zone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the clusters are disintegrated by means of a high-power laser.
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