IP Library Granted Patent US 7,842,342
Granted Patent B2
US 7,842,342 · App. 11/666,602 · Granted Nov 30, 2010

Method for manufacturing protective layer

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Patent No.
US 7,842,342
App. No.
11/666,602
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a protective layer such that when the protective layer is formed in a film-forming chamber, the partial pressure of water in the film-forming chamber is controlled by the exhaust velocity of the water in the film-forming chamber. During formation of the protective layer the total pressure in the film-forming chamber is kept constant. In addition, the partial pressure of the water in the film-forming chamber is controlled while introducing a gas into the film-forming chamber, thereby controlling the ratio of the partial pressure of hydrogen to the partial pressure of oxygen in the film-forming chamber.

Claims (5)

1. A method for manufacturing a protective layer, wherein

when the protective layer is formed in a film-forming chamber, a partial pressure of water in the film-forming chamber is controlled by an exhaust velocity of the water in the film-forming chamber, with a total pressure in the film-forming chamber kept constant;

wherein the partial pressure of the water in the film-forming chamber is controlled while introducing at least oxygen into the film-forming chamber, thereby controlling a ratio of a partial pressure of hydrogen to a partial pressure of oxygen in the film-forming chamber.

2. The method for manufacturing a protective layer of claim 1 , wherein

the protective layer is made of a magnesium oxide film.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0689 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2007
From: OOE, YOSHINAO; UETANI, KAZUO; SHIOKAWA, AKIRA; MIZOKAMI, KANAME; KADO, HIROYUKI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020167/0133 →