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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204298 ; 20419215 ; 20419223 ; 20419225 ;
Abstract
A sputtering apparatus comprising an intermediate electrode having a plurality of openings disposed between a cathode and a substrate electrode. The directionality of the particles which are liberated from a target by the collision of ions against the target is made remarkably uniform by the presence of the intermediate electrode, and thus a thin film having a superior step coverage can be deposited on the substrate placed on the substrate electrode.