Patent ID: 7675049
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: B23K,C23C,H01J

Abstract:
1. A method for forming a coating on a work piece in a vacuum chamber of a charged particle beam system having a particle beam source and a work piece support, comprising: inserting a work piece into the vacuum chamber of the charged particle beam system and onto the work piece support; providing in the vacuum chamber a sputter material source, the sputter material source being positioned between the particle beam source and the work piece; directing a focused or shaped charged particle beam toward the sputter material source so that the charged particle beam impacts the surface of the sputter material source to sputter material from the sputter material source onto an area of the work piece to form a layer of material on the area of work piece, thereby avoiding damage to the work piece; and directing the charged particle beam toward the area of the work piece to process or form an image of the work piece.