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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Koji Miyake, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Miyake, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Nissin Electric Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C016/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vacuum arc vapor deposition apparatus includes a plurality of magnetic coils for guiding a plasma produced by a vacuum arc evaporating source to the vicinity of a substrate in a film forming chamber by use of a deflection magnetic field. The vacuum arc vapor deposition apparatus further includes a coil power source for reversing a coil current to be fed to the magnetic coils, and a control unit for controlling the coil power source to reverse the flowing direction of the coil current.