Patent ID: 11946132
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  H | IPC C  H

Claim 4:
5. A method of forming a phase change material sputtering target, the method comprising:
forming a primary alloy including at least one element from Group VI of the periodic table excluding oxygen and at least one element from Group IV or Group V of the periodic table, wherein forming the primary alloy comprises:
forming a molten binary alloy;
reducing the temperature of the molten binary alloy; and
adding a third component to the molten binary alloy to form a ternary alloy;

reducing the primary alloy to form an alloy powder;
forming a powder mixture by blending the alloy powder with an additional powder component; and
hot pressing the powder mixture to form a sputtering target.