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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Marina Zelner, Burlington, CA;

Andrew Vladimir Claude Cervin, Oakville, CA;

Assignee:

NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/34 (2006.01); C23C 14/08 (2006.01); H01G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/3414 (2013.01); C23C 14/088 (2013.01); H01G 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a selection is made for a first major constituent, a second major constituent and a minor constituent for forming a desired material. The method can include mixing the first major constituent, the second major constituent and the minor constituent in a single mixing step to provide a mixture of constituents. The method can include drying the mixture of constituents to provide a dried mixture of constituents and calcining the dried mixture of constituents to provide a calcinated mixture of constituents. The method can include processing the calcinated mixture of constituents (by a process including vacuum annealing and hot-pressing) to provide a sputtering target. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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