137 results about "Ion beam-assisted deposition" patented technology

A rechargeable, stackable, thin film, solid-state lithium electrochemical cell, thin film lithium battery and method for making the same is disclosed. The cell and battery provide for a variety configurations, voltage and current capacities. An innovative low temperature ion beam assisted deposition method for fabricating thin film, solid-state anodes, cathodes and electrolytes is disclosed wherein a source of energetic ions and evaporants combine to form thin film cell components having preferred crystallinity, structure and orientation. The disclosed batteries are particularly useful as power sources for portable electronic devices and electric vehicle applications where high energy density, high reversible charge capacity, high discharge current and long battery lifetimes are required.

A thin film of material having a rock-salt-like structure is deposited on a smooth amorphous substrate surface by ion beam assisted deposition.

Methods and apparatus for depositing thermal barrier coatings on gas turbine blades and vanes using Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition (EBPVD) combined with Ion Beam Assisted Deposition (IBAD).

An ion beam-assisted deposition process for preparing a membrane-electrode structure is described wherein a layer of liquid ionomer is applied to the surface of a carbon cloth gas diffusion electrode structure. The coated structure is heated to form an ionomer film on the cloth electrode and the resulting structure is treated with a metal or metal oxide ion-beam having an energy between 500-2000 eV. The process forms a carbon cloth supported metal or a carbon metal oxide ionomer film membrane-electrode structure.

An implantable hermetically sealed microelectronic device, and method of manufacture are disclosed. The microelectronic device of the present invention is hermetically encased in a insulator, such as alumina formed by ion bean assisted deposition (“IBAD”), with a stack of biocompatible conductive layers extending from a contact pad on the device to an aperture in the hermetic layer. In a preferred embodiment, one or more patterned titanium layers are formed over the device contact pad, and one or more platinum layers are formed over the titanium layers, such that the top surface of the upper platinum layer defines an external, biocompatible electrical contact for the device. Preferably, the bottom conductive layer is larger than the contact pad on the device, and a layer in the stack defines a shoulder.

The present invention is directed towards a process and apparatus for epitaxial deposition of a material, e.g., a layer of MgO, onto a substrate such as a flexible metal substrate, using dual ion beams for the ion beam assisted deposition whereby thick layers can be deposited without degradation of the desired properties by the material. The ability to deposit thicker layers without loss of properties provides a significantly broader deposition window for the process.

A superconductor article includes a substrate and a first buffer film disposed on the substrate. The first buffer film has a uniaxial crystal texture characterized (i) texture in a first crystallographic direction that extends out-of-plane of the first buffer film with no significant texture in a second direction that extends in-plane of the first buffer film, or (ii) texture in a first crystallographic direction that extends in-plane of the first buffer film with no significant texture in a second direction that extends out-of-plane of the first buffer film. A second buffer film is disposed on the first buffer film, the second buffer film having a biaxial crystal texture. A superconductor layer can be disposed on the second buffer film. Ion-beam assisted deposition (IBAD) can be used to deposit the second buffer film.

Some embodiments provide a physical vapor deposition process for forming a coating on a substrate of an ophthalmic lens in a vacuum deposition chamber. The process can include depositing a multilayer interference stack having a plurality of low refractive index layers and a plurality of high refractive index layers on the substrate by: depositing one or more of the plurality of high refractive index layers by contacting the substrate with a vapor phase pulse of one or more high refractive index source chemicals simultaneously while contacting the substrate with an energetic ion beam generated by an ion source; and depositing each of the plurality of low refractive index layers by contacting the substrate with a vapor phase pulse of one or more low refractive index source chemicals.

A process for planarizing a substrate involves applying a coating of a first solution of yttrium oxide precursor to a rough substrate surface and heating to remove solvent and convert the yttrium oxide precursor to yttrium oxide. This is repeated with the first solution and then with the second solution. A final surface roughness less than 1 nm RMS may be obtained. In addition, a process for preparing a layered structure includes solution deposition planarization of a rough substrate using different concentrations of metal oxide precursor to provide a metal oxide surface having a surface roughness, and then depositing MgO by IBAD (ion beam assisted deposition). A benefit of a better in plane MgO texture was observed for lower molarities, and when two solutions of different concentrations was employed for coating the rough substrate prior to IBAD-MgO.

The invention relates to a multi-ion-beam sputter-deposition technology for doping a diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating. The technology is characterized by comprising the following steps of: firstly, washing to removing a polluted layer on the surface of a workpiece by utilizing ultrasonic waves, and carrying out ion beam bombardment washing on the surface of the workpiece by utilizing an argon-ion beam generated by an ion source to obtain an atomic scale clean surface; then preparing a gradient transition layer by utilizing an auxiliary ion beam sputter-deposition method; and finally, synthesizing a multi-element doped DLC coating on the gradient transition layer by utilizing multi-ion-beam sputtering and low-energy ion beam auxiliary deposition. In the process of synthesizing the multi-element doped DLC coating by utilizing the multi-ion-beam sputtering and the low-energy ion beam auxiliary deposition, carbon particles and metallic particles which are generated by bombarding a graphite target and a metallic target are deposited by using a sputtering ion source, and gas ions generated by an auxiliary deposition ion source continuously bombard the surface of a grown film layer to regulate and control the microstructure of the film layer and realize multi-element doping.

The invention discloses a large-size sapphire substrate multi-spectral hard antireflection film and a preparation method thereof. The film comprises a sapphire substrate, a stress matching layer, an oxide material multilayer antireflection film system and a hard wear-resisting protective layer in sequence from bottom to top; the oxide material multilayer antireflection film system is formed by alternated plating of high/low refractive index materials, and ion beam assisted deposition is adopted. Ti3O5 or ZrO2 or Ta2O5 is selected as the high refractive index material, and SiO2 is selected as the low refractive index material. According to the invention, a conventional oxide film material is adopted, and the related technique is easy for transplanting, so that the film coating and film forming quality of the large-size sapphire substrate multi-spectral hard antireflection film does not depend on the hardware state of coating machine strongly, and the optical performance and the mechanical and physical performance of the film are substantially promoted.

The invention relates to a preparation method for a waterproof laser film. According to the requirement in practical application of normal incidence 800nm pumping transmission and back incidence 1064nm fundamental frequency light reflection, an HfO2 and SiO2 film is prepared by a vacuum electron beam evaporation sedimentation technology and is taken as the film which has a large electric filed and is easy to damage due to being close to a base plate when being used as the back incidence, so as to obtain higher laser damage resistance threshold; aiming at the working condition of a water cooling system, for the films close to the water side and easy to be permeated and corroded, Ta2O5 and SiO2 films are prepared by an ion beam auxiliary sedimentation technology, so that the microstructure of the film is improved, higher stacking density is obtained, and good waterproof performance is realized; HfO2, Ta2O5 and SiO2 of high or low refractive index are deposited alternately so as to form a multi-layer film, and the optical thickness of each layer is controlled so as to obtain the needed spectral characteristic. The preparation method can well take advantages of the three characteristics and can apply the characteristics to a neodymium glass substrate of a diode pumping solid laser system, so that the diode pumping solid laser system can work in a water cooing system normally, and has good laser damage resistance performance and the spectral characteristic needed by the system.

A method for forming a MgO barrier layer in a tunnel junction magnetoresistive sensor (TMR). The MgO barrier layer is deposited by an ion beam deposition process that results in a MgO barrier layer having exceptional, uniform properties and a well controlled oxygen content. The ion beam deposition of the barrier layer includes placing a wafer into an ion deposition chamber and placing Mg target into the chamber. An ion beam from an ion beam gun is directed at the target thereby dislodging Mg atoms from the target for deposition onto the wafer. Oxygen is introduced into the chamber by one or both of pumping molecular oxygen (O₂) into the chamber and/or introducing oxygen ions into the chamber from a second ion beam gun. The use of ion beam deposition avoids oxygen poisoning of the Mg target, such as would occur using a more conventional plasma vapor deposition technique.

There is provided a radiographic image conversion panel having a substrate made of a metal or an alloy, an oxide layer formed on the substrate by a vapor deposition technique such as sputtering, ion plating or ion beam assisted deposition, and a phosphor layer formed on the oxide layer by the vapor deposition technique. A method of manufacturing the radiographic image conversion panel is also provided. The radiographic image conversion panel is capable of suppressing for a long time corrosion of the surface of the substrate due to a reaction between a stimulable phosphor and the substrate through moisture and also capable of providing a radiographic image without any deterioration of the characteristics.

A method of forming a superconductive device is provided, including providing a substrate having a dimension ratio of not less than about 10², depositing a buffer film to overlie the substrate by ion beam assisted deposition utilizing and ion beam, monitoring spatial ion beam density of the ion beam over a target area, and depositing a superconductor layer to overlie the buffer film. Monitoring may be carried out by utilizing an ion detector having an acceptance angle of not less than 10°.

An anti-reflection film provided on a surface of a chalcogenide glass base includes a first thin film layer and a second thin film layer. The first thin film layer is composed of a single layer of Bi₂O₃ formed by ion beam assisted deposition. The second thin film layer made of YF₃ includes assisted layers and non-assisted layers laminated alternately. The assisted layers are formed by the ion beam assisted deposition, while the non-assisted layers are formed without assistance of an ion beam. The assisted layer is superior in adhesion and surface flatness or smoothness. On the other hand, the non-assisted layer has small internal stress. The second thin film layer functions as a buffer to relieve the internal stress of the first and second thin film layers.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a carbon nano tube array for spinning, comprising the following steps of: preparing an oxide buffer layer on a precast silicon substrate and depositing a metal catalyst film on the oxide buffer layer to form a carbon nano tube array growth catalytic structure with composite activity; heating a reaction furnace to the growth temperature of the carbon nano tube in an environment of protective gas; introducing ethylene and carrier gas to the reaction furnace by controlling the flow and the proportion to grow the carbon nano tube array under normal pressure; and finally quickly finishing the growth of the carbon nano tube array. By adopting the application of ethylene CVD preparation method, a catalyst buffer layer structure is prepared by an ion beam assistant deposition method, and the metal catalyst film thickness and the growth technological parameter are controlled. The obtained carbon nano tube array has the advantages of small diameter of the carbon nano tube, small number of tube walls, high carbon tube surface distribution density on the substrate and is useful in high-area preparation, therefore, the invention provides possibility for the application of the carbon nano tube in the industrial spinning manufacturing.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a metal doped hydrogen-free diamond-like carbon film which. The method is characterized in that an ion beam assisted deposition technology is utilized to prepare a metal doped hydrogen-free diamond-like film on a workpiece and a metal target and a graphite target are used for carrying out double-target sputtering. The preparation method comprises the following specific steps of: cleaning and activating ions on the surface of the workpiece and depositing to prepare the metal doped hydrogen-free diamond-like film. The prepared metal doped hydrogen-free diamond-like film has relatively higher film hardness, film-matrix binding force, elastic modulus, abrasion resistance, thermal stability and other performances. The preparation method is strong in technological operability and good in repeatability and can be applied to the surface treatment of silicon and various metal workpieces.

The present invention is a high-throughput ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) system and method of utilizing such a system that enables continuous deposition of thin films such as the buffer layers of HTS tapes. The present invention includes a spool-to-spool feed system that translates a metal substrate tape through the IBAD system as the desired buffer layers are deposited atop the translating substrate tape using an e-beam evaporator assisted by an ion beam. The system further includes a control and monitor system to monitor and regulate all necessary system parameters. The present invention facilitates deposition of a high-quality film over a large area of translating substrate.

A processing system for forming an optical coating on a substrate is provided, wherein the optical coating including an anti-reflective coating and an oleophobic coating, the system comprising: a linear transport processing section configured for processing and transporting substrate carriers individually and one at a time in a linear direction; at least one evaporation processing system positioned in the linear transport processing system, the evaporation processing system configured to form the oleophobic coating; a batch processing section configured to transport substrate carriers in unison about an axis; at least one ion beam assisted deposition processing chamber positioned in the batch processing section, the ion beam assisted deposition processing chamber configured to deposit layer of the anti-reflective coating; a plurality of substrate carriers for mounting substrates; and, means for transferring the substrate carriers between the linear transport processing section and the batch processing section without exposing the substrate carrier to atmosphere.

The invention provides an infrared broadband antireflection microstructure comprising a substrate, a nanostructure array layer and a low-refractive-index layer which are arranged from the bottom to the top in turn. The nanostructure array layer is provided with nanostructures which are perpendicular to the main axis of the surface of the substrate, and the cross section of the nanostructures has atriangular, conical, parabolic or Gaussian isogradient structure. A layer of low-refractive-index material is added to the nanostructure array, and the low-refractive-index layer is realized by the ion beam sputtering deposition technology or the electron beam evaporation ion beam auxiliary deposition technology so as to avoid water absorption. The thickness of the low-refractive-index layer is adjusted so that the broadband antireflection effect of the nanostructure array layer can be enhanced, high transmittance of broadband range can be realized and the transmitting curve is flatter.

The invention discloses a simplified baffle layer suitable for IBAD-MgO (ion beam assisted deposition-magnesium oxide) growth on a metal substrate and a preparation method thereof. The simplified baffle layer is arranged on the metal substrate and is a single YAlO baffle layer; and the single YAlO baffle layer is prepared by adopting a multi-channel pulse laser coating technology or a multi-channel magnetron sputtering technology. The YAlO baffle layer with a smooth surface, even surface particle size, low roughness and strong bonding strength is prepared; the YAlO baffle layer can prevent atoms of the metal substrate from diffusing to the other layers, can reduce the roughness of the metal substrate and also can be used as a nucleation layer of an IBAD-MgO layer; the surface roughness of the YAlO baffle layer is smaller than 2 nanometers; the texture degree in the surface of the prepared IBAD-MgO layer is less than 7 degrees; and a rare earth oxide superconducting layer with high performance can epitaxially grow on the baffle layer. By adopting the simplified baffle layer, the quantity of the baffle layers for IBAD-MgO is reduced; simplification, fast speed and low cost of the manufacturing technology are achieved; the simplified baffle layer has high stability, repeatability and reliability, and good application prospect in industry, and is suitable for industrial production.