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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Quanyuan Shang, Saratoga, CA (US);
LU Yang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Karl M. Brown, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald J. K. Olgado, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Victor Pebenito, San Jose, CA (US);
Hooman Bolandi, San Jose, CA (US);
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Saratoga, CA (US);
Robert Z. Bachrach, Burlingame, CA (US);
Liang-yuh Chen, Foster City, CA (US);
Quanyuan Shang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Lu Yang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Karl M. Brown, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald J. K. Olgado, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Victor Pebenito, San Jose, CA (US);
Hooman Bolandi, San Jose, CA (US);
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Saratoga, CA (US);
Robert Z. Bachrach, Burlingame, CA (US);
Liang-Yuh Chen, Foster City, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming an electrochemical layer of a thin film battery is provided. A precursor mixture comprising precursor particles dispersed in a carrying medium is activated in an activation chamber by application of an electric field to ionize at least a portion of the precursor mixture. The activated precursor mixture is then mixed with a combustible gas mixture to add thermal energy to the precursor particles, converting them to nanocrystals, which deposit on a substrate. A second precursor may be blended with the nanocrystals as they deposit on the surface to enhance adhesion and conductivity.