Patent ID: 6171659
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
A process for depositing, onto a substrate, a coating consisting essentially of an electronic conductor compound, characterized in that the said coating is formed by producingfirst, in at least one depositing zone, one or more deposits of a determined thickness of a conductive electronic conductor element on the substrate to provide a coated substrate, andsecond, in at least one reaction zone containing an anode facing said deposit of said coated substrate, wherein a potential which is negatively charged relative to the anode is applied to the coated substrate, one or more reactions of the element thus deposited, serving as cathode, with ions of a reactive gas introduced between said coated substrate and said anode, said ions being implanted into the deposit of the aforesaid element approximately over the entire determined thickness in such a way as to form with at least the majority of the total quantity of said element the electronic conductor compound, said ions being submitted to a kinetic energy below 2000 V,while providing a magnetic field for confinement of electrons on the side of the substrate where said reaction takes place,the thickness of the deposit of the element being determined as a function of the applied kinetic energy in such a way that the implantation of said ions is achieved over approximately the entire thickness.