Patent ID: 6702934
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B82Y,C23C,H01J

Abstract:
Apparatus for depositing a thin film of material, comprising:a) a vacuum chamber; b) means for holding a substrate disposed within said vacuum chamber; c) vacuum pump means for evacuating said vacuum chamber; d) means for injecting a pulse of gas into said chamber; e) electrode means disposed between said gas injecting means and said substrate holder, said electrode means having a cathode and an anode constructed from the material to be deposited; f) means for causing an arc to be discharged between said cathode and anode; and g) means for controlling the gas pulse injecting means and said arc discharging means such that a gas pulse is first triggered with an arc being triggered after the gas pulse commences, wherein material ablated from the electrodes will be carried by the pulse of gas towards the substrate and be deposited thereon.