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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
Johannes Alphonsus Franciscus Maria Schade Van Westrum, Zevenaar, NL;
Laurent Christophe Bernard Baptiste, Amsterdam, NL;
Gerardus Gleijm, Ijmuiden, NL;
Johannes Alphonsus Franciscus Maria Schade Van Westrum, Zevenaar, NL;
Laurent Christophe Bernard Baptiste, Amsterdam, NL;
Gerardus Gleijm, Ijmuiden, NL;
Tata Steel Nederland Technology BV, Ijmuiden, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for coating a substrate using physical vapor deposition, including a vacuum chamber wherein a coil is placed for keeping an amount of conductive material in levitation and for heating and evaporating that material, using a varying electric current in the coil. Isolating member are placed in the coil to isolate the coil from the levitated material. The isolating member is part of a container made of non-conductive material. The container has one or more openings for guiding evaporated conductive material to the substrate to be coated. A method for coating a substrate using physical vapor deposition is also presented.