by padmin | Sep 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
What Are Cathodic Arc Depositions? In the past, we have discussed numerous forms of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) technologies including Sputtering (r.f. and DC), Resistance Evaporation, Electron Beam Evaporation, and Pulsed Sputter Deposition. In this article I...
by padmin | Jul 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Another form of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) is referred to as Ion Beam Deposition or Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS). Unlike conventional magnetron sputtering, where ions are generated in plasma within a cathode assembly, Ion Beam Sputtering employs a target that is...
by padmin | May 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
In the last BLOG article I described the simplest form of resistance evaporation. That involved heating a resistance filament in a vacuum environment which in turn heats an evaporant material that is either melted or sublimated. The vapor created in the process is...
by padmin | Mar 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
What Is Thermal Evaporation? Over the past few years we have provided a series of BLOG articles discussing various aspects of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) as they relate specifically to Sputter Deposition. However, sputtering is only one subset of PVD processing....
by padmin | Jan 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
In the last couple of writings we described how powder metallurgy can be used to fabricate sputtering targets by sintering the individual particles of a specified composition into a solid shape. Additionally we explained some of the short comings associated with the...
