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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Matteo Flotta, Fishkill, NY (US);
Lubomyr T. Romanikiw, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Xiaoyan Shao, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Steven Erik Steen, Peekskill, NY (US);
Bucknell Chapman Webb, Ossining, NY (US);
Matteo Flotta, Fishkill, NY (US);
Lubomyr T. Romanikiw, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Xiaoyan Shao, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Steven Erik Steen, Peekskill, NY (US);
Bucknell Chapman Webb, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for plating a magnetic film on a substrate includes: a track including a plurality of stopping points along the track; a permanent magnet placed on the track such that the permanent magnet can be moved along the track towards and away from the stopping points; at least one plating tank positioned on the stopping point; and a removable high permeability iron flux concentrator inserted into gaps between the substrate and inside walls of the plating tank, substantially surrounding the substrate and extending around and under the substrate.