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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Andrew McLaughlin, Belfast, BT8 2GH, Northern Ireland, GB;
John McCune Anderson, County Down BT18, ONG, Northern Ireland, GB;
Paul Damian Maguire, Belfast, BT14, Northern Ireland, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/632 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/632 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for coating a substrate with a diamond like coating or other vacuum depositable material comprises a chamber having, or acting as, an anode, means for supporting a substrate in the chamber, means for establishing a low pressure atmosphere containing a hydrocarbon-based gas in the chamber, and a radio frequency source for establishing a gas plasma in the chamber, the substrate acting as a cathode.