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Apparatus for coating a substrate by chemical vapor deposition
Assignee: Balzers und Leybold Deutschland Holding AG
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Filing: 1996-10-03
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Granted: 1998-09-08
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Expires: 2016-10-03
Abstract
Abstract A source of alternating current (3), is connected to two magnetron cathodes (4, 5), one pole (8) of the a.c. current source (4) being connected to one of the cathodes (4), while the other pole (9) is connected to the other cathode (5), each by its own power supply line (10, 11). Each of the two cathodes (4, 5) is installed in its own compartment (12, 13), the two compartments enclosing between them a third compartment (14), connected to a vacuum source (21). The two outside compartments (12, 13) are connected to each other by openings (15, 16) or gaps in the walls (17, 18) separating them, and the substrate (2) set up in the third compartment (14) facing a CVD source, which consists essentially of a reactive gas inlet (19) and a collimator (20).
Inventors
- 👤 Joachim Szczyrbowski
- 👤 Gotz Teschner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 18:43
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J9/00; H01J9/20; H01J37/00; H01J37/32; H01J37/32431; H01J37/32458; C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/44; C23C16/50; C23C16/505; H01J37/34; H01J37/3402; H01J2237/00; H01J2237/02; H01J2237/0203; H01J2237/0206
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
Apparatus for coating a substrate, said apparatus comprising a vacuum chamber comprising a central compartment and two outer compartments separated from said central compartment by two respective walls, each wall having an opening therein, a magnetron cathode in each of said outer compartments, an A.C. current source having two poles, each pole connected to a respective said cathode, reactive gas inlet means comprising a collimator and a plurality of nozzles in said central compartment for collimating gas flow into a reaction space between said openings, whereby, a plasma can be created in said reaction space for coating a substrate opposite said nozzles by chemical vapor deposition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
Apparatus for coating a substrate, said apparatus comprising a vacuum chamber comprising a central compartment and two outer compartments separated from said central compartment by two respective walls, each wall having an opening therein, a magnetron cathode in each of said outer compartments, an A.C. current source having two poles, each pole connected to a respective said cathode, reactive gas inlet means comprising a collimator and a plurality of nozzles in said central compartment for collimating gas flow into a reaction space between said openings, whereby, a plasma can be created in said reaction space for coating a substrate opposite said nozzles by chemical vapor deposition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein each said magnetron cathode comprises a target which faces away from the opening of the outer compartment in which said target is located.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein each said magnetron cathode comprises a downward facing target located above the opening in the outer compartment in which said target is located.
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