Circularly symmetric sputtering apparatus with hollow-cathode plasma devices

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PATENT NO 5490910
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08400137

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A sputtering apparatus for depositing thin films on substrates is disclosed, which includes a process chamber having a central sputtering region and an annular plasma distribution region surrounding and open to the central sputtering region, a planar disk diode positioned in the central sputtering region of the process chamber, a mechanism for positioning a substrate within the central sputtering region adjacent to the planar disk diode, and a plasma generation means for supplying plasma to the annular plasma distribution region of the process chamber for diffusion into the central sputtering region.

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TULIP MEMORY SYSTEMS INCFREMONT CA

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Nelson, Carl W Hayward, CA 31 501
Weir, Richard D Agoura Hills, CA 38 460

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