Ion beam sputter target and method of manufacture
Abstract
A target for use in an ion beam sputtering apparatus made of at least two target tiles where at least two of the target tiles are made of different chemical compositions and are mounted on a main tile and geometrically arranged on the main tile to yield a desired chemical composition on a sputtered substrate. In an alternate embodiment, the tiles are of varied thickness according to the desired chemical properties of the sputtered film. In yet another alternate embodiment, the target is comprised of plugs pressed in a green state which are disposed in cavities formed in a main tile also formed in a green state and the assembly can then be compacted and then sintered.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1156819
- Patent Number(s):
- 8821701
- Application Number:
- 12/792,324
- Assignee:
- GFO
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
-
C - CHEMISTRY C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL C23C - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG36-06GO1605
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Higdon, Clifton, Elmoursi, Alaa A., Goldsmith, Jason, Cook, Bruce, Blau, Peter, Jun, Qu, and Milner, Robert. Ion beam sputter target and method of manufacture. United States: N. p., 2014.
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Higdon, Clifton, Elmoursi, Alaa A., Goldsmith, Jason, Cook, Bruce, Blau, Peter, Jun, Qu, & Milner, Robert. Ion beam sputter target and method of manufacture. United States.
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abstractNote = {A target for use in an ion beam sputtering apparatus made of at least two target tiles where at least two of the target tiles are made of different chemical compositions and are mounted on a main tile and geometrically arranged on the main tile to yield a desired chemical composition on a sputtered substrate. In an alternate embodiment, the tiles are of varied thickness according to the desired chemical properties of the sputtered film. In yet another alternate embodiment, the target is comprised of plugs pressed in a green state which are disposed in cavities formed in a main tile also formed in a green state and the assembly can then be compacted and then sintered.},
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