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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2019
Applicants:
Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon, Pfäffikon, CH;
Moldino Tool Engineering, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Siva Phani Kumar Yalamanchili, Sargans, CH;
Denis Kurapov, Walenstadt, CH;
Tomoya Sasaki, Yasu, JP;
Kazuyuki Kubota, Yasu, JP;
Assignees:
Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon, Pfäffikon, CH;
MOLDINO Tool Engineering, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/06 (2006.01); C23C 14/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/0617 (2013.01); C23C 14/345 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a non-reactive PVD coating process for producing an aluminium-rich AlTiN-based thin film having an aluminium content of >75 at-% based on the total amount of aluminium and titanium in the thin film, a cubic crystal structure, and a columnar microstructure, wherein ceramic targets are used as a material source for the aluminium-rich AlTiN-based thin film.