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Process for synthesizing diamond and apparatus therefor
Assignee: Toyota Motor Corp
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Filing: 1990-08-06
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Granted: 1991-11-26
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Expires: 2010-08-06
Abstract
Abstract A process for synthesizing diamond includes bringing a reactant gas is brought into contact with a porous heating element to form an activated gas, and bringing the activated gas into contact with a substrate to deposit diamond thereon. An apparatus for synthesizing diamond includes a heating means member including a porous heating element, a substrate, and a diamond depositing member. The reactant gas is heated and activated uniformly to a high temperature appropriate for synthesizing diamond by bringing the reactant gas into contact with the porous heating element, whereby a high quality polycrystalline diamond film can be deposited over a wider area on the surface of the substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 Kiyoshi Uchida
- 👤 Shoji Noda
- 👤 Kazuo Higuchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 05:27
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/22; C23C16/26; C23C16/27; C23C16/271; C23C16/44; C23C16/448; C23C16/452; C30; C30B; C30B25/00; C30B25/02; C30B29/00; C30B29/02; C30B29/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
An apparatus for synthesizing diamond comprising: a heating means comprising a porous heating element having a melting point or a decomposition temperature equal to or greater than 2000° C. and comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of metals and electrically conductive ceramics, at least a pair of electrodes for applying electricity to said porous heating element, an inlet port for introducing a reactant gas comprising at least a carbonaceous source gas into said porous heating element and an outlet port for delivering out an activated gas generated by heating said reactant gas with said porous heating element; a substrate on which diamond is to be deposited disposed on the outlet port side of said heating means; and a means for holding the substrate and for controlling a temperature of the substrate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
134 words
An apparatus for synthesizing diamond comprising: a heating means comprising a porous heating element having a melting point or a decomposition temperature equal to or greater than 2000° C. and comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of metals and electrically conductive ceramics, at least a pair of electrodes for applying electricity to said porous heating element, an inlet port for introducing a reactant gas comprising at least a carbonaceous source gas into said porous heating element and an outlet port for delivering out an activated gas generated by heating said reactant gas with said porous heating element; a substrate on which diamond is to be deposited disposed on the outlet port side of said heating means; and a means for holding the substrate and for controlling a temperature of the substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 1, wherein said apparatus is enclosed in a pressurized container or a depressurized container.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 1 further comprising at least one metal net for straightening the flow of said reactant gas disposed between said porous heating element and said substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 1 further comprising a temperature detecting means for assuring said porous heating element disposed on said outlet port side of said heating means and a temperature controlling means for controlling the electricity to be applied to said porous heating element in accordance with the temperature measured by said temperature detecting means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 1, wherein said electrodes are formed in a comb shape and disposed in said heating means so that the teeth of one of the comb-shaped electrodes are placed between the teeth of the other comb-shaped electrode.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 1, wherein said porous heating element is formed of a foamed porous body whose pores are formed continuously or a porous body whose pores are continuously formed among packed particles.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 6, wherein said packed particles have an average particle size falling range of 1 to 5 mm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 1, wherein said metals comprise at least one metal selected from the group consisting of tungsten and tantalum.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 1, wherein said electrically conductive ceramics comprise at least one ceramic selected from the group consisting of tungsten carbide, tantalum carbide and zirconium boride.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 1, wherein said substrate is at least one ceramic selected from the group consisting of sintered tungsten carbide, silicon, silicon carbide, alumina, tungsten and molybdenum.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus for synthesizing diamond according to claim 1, wherein a surface of said substrate is abraded and roughened.
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