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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2020
Jx Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Sakashita, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshitaka Shibuya, Ibaraki, JP;
JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sputtering target formed from a potassium sodium niobate sintered body to which a dopant has been added; as a dopant, the sputtering target includes one or more types among Li, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Bi, Sb, V, In, Ta, Mo, W, Cr, Ti, Zr, Hf, Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Cu, Zn, Ag, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Al, Si, Ge, Sn, and Ga; and a variation coefficient of a dopant concentration in a plane of the sputtering target is 0.12 or less. In terms of suppressing the generation of particles, provided is a sputtering target which is formed from a sintered body that includes potassium sodium niobate and to which a dopant has been added.