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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
James S Johnston, Bognor Regis, GB;
Leslie Holland, Crawley, GB;
Christopher R Wright, Bognor Regis, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
20419221 ; 20419215 ; 338308 ; 374185 ;
Abstract
A resistance thermometer element having a thin layer of platinum metal on an insulating substrate is formed by magnetron sputtering in a gaseous atmosphere containing at least 10% by volume of oxygen. Any balance gas has less than 10% by volume of argon, krypton and xenon. The atmosphere may have up to 100% oxygen with any balance gas being inert to platinum. Air can be used. A planar magnetron may be used.