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Diamond synthesizing method
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1991-08-02
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Granted: 1993-04-13
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Expires: 2011-08-02
Abstract
Abstract A diamond synthesizing method introduces a mixed gas of hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen gas into a reaction vessel (9) which is maintained under a pressure of 1 to 100 Torr. A dc discharge is caused across a cathode (1) and an anode (2), thereby depositing diamond on a substrate (3) which is placed on the anode (2). A positive column of Hα>CH is produced with a high formation rate of atomic hydrogen for promoting decomposition of the hydrocarbon gas, and the concentration of hydrocarbon is reduced while maintaining the condition. According to this method, it is possible to synthesize high-quality diamond, which hardly any non-diamond carbon components such as amorphous carbon and graphite, at a film forming rate of about 1 μm/h.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuhiro Ota
- 👤 Naoji Fujimori
- 👤 Takayuki Shibata
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/22; C23C16/26; C23C16/27; C23C16/272; C23C16/44; C23C16/52
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A diamond synthesizing method comprising the steps of introducing a mixed gas of hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen gas into a reaction vessel and causing a dc discharge across a cathode an anode under a pressure of 1 to 100 Torr thereby depositing diamond on a substrate being placed on said anode, wherein concentration of said hydrocarbon gas with respect to said hydrogen gas is increased until emission intensities of Hα (656.3 nm) and CH (431.4 nm) satisfies an emission condition of Hα>CH in the emission spectrum of a positive column produced during discharge, and adding gas containing oxygen to said mixed gas for stably maintaining said positive column under said emission condition of Hα>CH and for effectively removing non-diamond carbon.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
A diamond synthesizing method comprising the steps of introducing a mixed gas of hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen gas into a reaction vessel and causing a dc discharge across a cathode an anode under a pressure of 1 to 100 Torr thereby depositing diamond on a substrate being placed on said anode, wherein concentration of said hydrocarbon gas with respect to said hydrogen gas is increased until emission intensities of Hα (656.3 nm) and CH (431.4 nm) satisfies an emission condition of Hα>CH in the emission spectrum of a positive column produced during discharge, and adding gas containing oxygen to said mixed gas for stably maintaining said positive column under said emission condition of Hα>CH and for effectively removing non-diamond carbon.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
113 words
A diamond synthesizing method comprising the steps of introducing a mixed gas of hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen gas into a reaction vessel and causing dc discharge across a cathode and an anode under a pressure of 1 to 100 Torr thereby depositing diamond on a substrate being placed on said anode, wherein concentration of said hydrocarbon gas with respect to said hydrogen gas is increased until emission intensities of Hα (656.3 nm) and CH (431.4 nm) satisfies a condition of Hα>CH in the emission spectrum of a region of a positive column produced during discharge, and said concentration of said hydrocarbon gas is reduced after a positive column satisfying said condition is produced.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
113 words
A diamond synthesizing method comprising the steps of introducing a mixed gas of hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen gas into a reaction vessel and causing dc discharge across a cathode and an anode under a pressure of 1 to 100 Torr thereby depositing diamond on a substrate being placed on said anode, wherein concentration of said hydrocarbon gas with respect to said hydrogen gas is increased until emission intensities of Hα (656.3 nm) and CH (431.4 nm) satisfies a condition of Hα>CH in the emission spectrum of a region of a positive column produced during discharge, and said concentration of said hydrocarbon gas is reduced after a positive column satisfying said condition is produced.
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