Patent ID: 8691064

Claim:
A deposition apparatus operable to deposit a material to be deposited on a deposition target, the deposition apparatus comprising: a deposition source that produces a deposition flow including an evaporation flow of the material to be deposited and a sputtering flow of the material to be deposited, the deposition source comprising: an evaporation source including a crucible that receives therein the material to be deposited, the evaporation source configured to heat the material to be deposited in the crucible to produce the evaporation flow of the material to be deposited, and an ion beam sputtering source operable to produce and direct ions at the material to be deposited in the crucible such that the ions eject a portion of the material to be deposited from the crucible to produce the sputtering flow of the material to be deposited, while the evaporation source is operated.