Patent ID: 6168690
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: C23C,H01J

Abstract:
A sputter target for use in depositing a layer of material on an object in a plasma physical vapor deposition apparatus, said plasma vapor deposition apparatus comprising a layer of insulator, an energy source, and a gas source, said sputter target being configured to be sputtered away to produce sputter material particles for said depositing, said sputter target being further configured as a sputter antenna on the layer of insulator, the sputter antenna having a linearly elongated shape, wherein a portion of the insulator is exposed between adjacent portions of the sputter antenna, and wherein a first end of the linearly elongated shape is electrically connected to the energy source; and a second end of the linearly elongated shape is electrically connected to the energy source so that the linearly elongated shape and the energy source form a closed circuit, and wherein the energy source and the elongated shape are formed to inductively excite a gas from the gas source into a plasma, and wherein the sputter antenna is electrically connected to the object through the energy source.