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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoshi Fujii, Itami, JP;
Tomoki Uemura, Itami, JP;
Yuichiro Seki, Itami, JP;
Hideaki Nakahata, Itami, JP;
Shinichi Shikata, Itami, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/108 ;
Abstract
The invention offers a hard carbon film and a SAW substrate that are easy to fabricate or low in manufacturing cost while virtually maintaining the quality that affects the important properties of a device that comprises the hard carbon film or the SAW substrate. The hard carbon film comprises a composite film of graphite-like diamond and carbon clusters; the composite film has a continuous crystal structure.