Patent ID: 6478876
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: C23C,H01J

Abstract:
An apparatus for coating a body using ion plating, comprising:a vacuum container for housing a subject to be coated; means for placing, inside of said vacuum container, said subject to be coated; an evaporation container which is disposed above said subject to be coated, said evaporation container housing a melt and evaporating source and having an evaporation face comprising at least the bottom of said evaporation container, said evaporation face having a plurality of fine evaporation holes formed therein; means for heating said melt and evaporating source; and means for generating plasma between said evaporation container and said subject to be coated; wherein said melt and evaporating source is heated by said heating means such that said melt and evaporating source is evaporated through said plurality of fine evaporation holes, said evaporation face preventing said melt and evaporating source from falling, wherein evaporated particles from said melt and evaporating source are ionized with use of said plasma, wherein said ionized evaporated particles coat and adhere to, from above, a surface of said subject to be coated, thus forming a coating film thereon, wherein said subject to be coated comprises a plurality of particle bodies, and wherein said placing means comprises a conveyor belt capable of adsorbing said plurality of particle bodies.