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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1999
Kevin S. Gerrish, Spencerport, NY (US);
Paul H. Ballentine, Austin, TX (US);
Dorian Heimanson, Rochester, NY (US);
Alan T. Stephens, II, Dayton, OH (US);
CVC Products, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A sputtering apparatus for depositing a thin film (,) of magnetic material on a substrate (,) is modified to include a plate-shaped electromagnet (,, or,) for orienting magnetic domains within the film (,). The electromagnet (,, or,) has conductive windings (,, and,; or,) that are arranged for producing a magnetic field (,or,) within a plane (,) corresponding to a surface of the substrate (,). Field strength vectors (,) vary in absolute magnitude between points located along a first axis (,), but have substantially uniform components of magnitude at the same points measured in a common direction along the first axis (,).