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Number: 204/298.17
Name: Chemistry: electrical and wave energy > Apparatus > Coating, forming or etching by sputtering > Coating > Magnetically enhanced > Flux passes through target surface
Description: Apparatus including means to allow the flux to pass through a target surface.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
204/298.21 Cylindrical or curved magnetron target 139
204/298.18 Focusing target (e.g., conical target, plural inclined targets, etc.) 150
204/298.19 Planar magnetron 390


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7618521 Split magnet ring on a magnetron sputter chamber Nov. 17, 2009
7527713 Variable quadruple electromagnet array in plasma processing May. 5, 2009
7510634 Apparatus and methods for deposition and/or etch selectivity Mar. 31, 2009
7498587 Bi-directional filtered arc plasma source Mar. 3, 2009
7135097 Box-shaped facing-targets sputtering apparatus and method for producing compound thin film Nov. 14, 2006
6911123 Facing-targets-type sputtering apparatus and method Jun. 28, 2005
6875321 Auxiliary magnet array in conjunction with magnetron sputtering Apr. 5, 2005
6869509 Source for vacuum treatment process Mar. 22, 2005
6863785 Sputtering apparatus and sputter film deposition method Mar. 8, 2005
6830664 Cluster tool with a hollow cathode array Dec. 14, 2004
6824652 Sputtering target assembly and sputtering apparatus using the same Nov. 30, 2004
6824653 Magnetron with controlled DC power Nov. 30, 2004
6821552 Method and apparatus for determining the pass through flux of magnetic materials Nov. 23, 2004
6821397 Method for controlling plasma density or the distribution thereof Nov. 23, 2004
6783638 Flat magnetron Aug. 31, 2004
6761804 Inverted magnetron Jul. 13, 2004
6758950 Controlled magnetron shape for uniformly sputtered thin film Jul. 6, 2004
6758949 Magnetically confined metal plasma sputter source with magnetic control of ion and neutral densities Jul. 6, 2004
6740212 Rectangular magnetron sputtering cathode with high target utilization May. 25, 2004
6682637 Magnetron sputter source Jan. 27, 2004
6649036 Mirrortron sputtering apparatus Nov. 18, 2003
6627050 Method and apparatus for depositing a tantalum-containing layer on a substrate Sep. 30, 2003
6620298 Magnetron sputtering method and apparatus Sep. 16, 2003
6610184 Magnet array in conjunction with rotating magnetron for plasma sputtering Aug. 26, 2003
6540883 Magnetron sputtering source and method of use thereof Apr. 1, 2003
6497796 Apparatus and method for controlling plasma uniformity across a substrate Dec. 24, 2002
6494997 Radio frequency magnetron sputtering for lighting applications Dec. 17, 2002
6494999 Magnetron sputtering apparatus with an integral cooling and pressure relieving cathode Dec. 17, 2002
6485617 Sputtering method utilizing an extended plasma region Nov. 26, 2002
6471831 Apparatus and method for improving film uniformity in a physical vapor deposition system Oct. 29, 2002
6458252 High target utilization magnetic arrangement for a truncated conical sputtering target Oct. 1, 2002
6454911 Method and apparatus for determining the pass through flux of magnetic materials Sep. 24, 2002
6444104 Sputtering target having an annular vault Sep. 3, 2002
6444105 Physical vapor deposition reactor including magnet to control flow of ions Sep. 3, 2002
6440282 Sputtering reactor and method of using an unbalanced magnetron Aug. 27, 2002
6436251 Vault-shaped target and magnetron having both distributed and localized magnets Aug. 20, 2002
6432286 Conical sputtering target Aug. 13, 2002
6432285 Planar magnetron sputtering apparatus Aug. 13, 2002
6423192 Sputtering apparatus and film forming method Jul. 23, 2002
6419800 Film-forming apparatus and film-forming method Jul. 16, 2002
6413392 Sputtering device Jul. 2, 2002
6413382 Pulsed sputtering with a small rotating magnetron Jul. 2, 2002
6406599 Magnetron with a rotating center magnet for a vault shaped sputtering target Jun. 18, 2002
6372098 High target utilization magnet array and associated methods Apr. 16, 2002
6361662 Method for fabricating a semiconductor device in a magnetron sputtering system Mar. 26, 2002
6319372 Permanent magnet linear microwave plasma source Nov. 20, 2001
6312574 Target, magnetron source with said target and process for producing said target Nov. 6, 2001
6287435 Method and apparatus for ionized physical vapor deposition Sep. 11, 2001
6277249 Integrated process for copper via filling using a magnetron and target producing highly energetic ions Aug. 21, 2001
6274014 Method for forming a thin film of a metal compound by vacuum deposition Aug. 14, 2001

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