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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masayasu Futagawa, Nabari, JP;
Kiyoshi Mito, Uda-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/404 ; C23C 1/434 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/404 ; C23C 1/434 ;
Abstract
A sputtering apparatus for forming a sputtered film on a substrate held on a substrate holder in a vacuum chamber includes a target, a deposition preventing plate provided between the target and the substrate holder, a substrate holder carrying mechanism, and a moving mechanism for moving the substrate holder carrying mechanism to change a distance between the substrate and the deposition preventing plate.