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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tosoh Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ; B02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264681 ; 264614 ; 241-5 ;
Abstract
An indium oxide-tin oxide (ITO) sintered body is prepared by mixing a tin oxide powder with an indium oxide powder, molding the resulting mixed powder to obtain a green body, and sintering the resulting green body. At least the tin oxide powder has beforehand been pulverized by colliding tin oxide particles with each other or against a collision substance in gas streams. At least 90 wt % of the pulverized tin oxide powder is preferably particles having a particle size of 0.2-10 .mu.m. A jet mill can be used for the pulverization. The ITO sintered body has a density as high as 7.08 g/cm.sup.3 or more and, during sputtering, is free from nodule formation and is inhibited from generating particles.