Patent ID: 8425741

Claim:
A broad ion beam deposition apparatus including: (a) an ion source that produces an ion beam which has a rectangular cross section and propagates along a path; and (b) a target support including a number of target holders spaced from one another about a central axis at locations through which the sides of a regular polygon centered on said axis pass, respectively, such that each side extends perpendicular to a line extending radially from the central axis, and wherein the target support is supported in the apparatus so as to be rotatable about said central axis and is positioned relative to the ion source such that the target support can bring targets supported by the target holders, respectively, in succession to a processing position in the path of the beam, and each of the target holders is configured to support a rectangular target at an inclination, in a direction front to back with respect to the direction of rotation of the target support, relative to the side of the regular polygon passing through the target holder.