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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:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
David E Slutz, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Worthington, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ; H05H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427249 ; 4272551 ; 4272557 ; 427314 ; 427577 ; 4274197 ; 423446 ; 428408 ;
Abstract
Multilayer CVD diamond films are provided, wherein grain boundaries of the diamond layers are interrupted by renucleating and growing diamond on new nucleation sites comprised of metal. These nucleation sites are positioned on the interface between diamond layers. Methods for producing these multilayer CVD diamond films are also provided wherein the diamond growth on a substrate is interrupted by the deposition of metals which provide new nucleation sites. Diamond growth is then reinitiated.