IP Library Granted Patent US 8,663,440
Granted Patent B2
US 8,663,440 · App. 12/892,018 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Titanium target for sputtering

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Patent No.
US 8,663,440
App. No.
12/892,018
Granted
Mar 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The object of this invention is to provide a high quality titanium target for sputtering capable of reducing the impurities that cause generation of particles and abnormal discharge, which is free from fractures and cracks during high power sputtering (high rate sputtering), and capable of stabilizing the sputtering properties and effectively suppressing the generation of particles upon deposition. This invention is able to solve foregoing problems using a high purity titanium target for sputtering containing, as additive components, 3 to 10 mass ppm of S and 0.5 to 3 mass ppm of Si, and in which the purity of the target excluding additive components and gas components is 99.995 mass percent or higher.

Claims (9)

1. A high purity titanium target for sputtering containing, as additive components, 3 to 10 mass ppm of 5 and 0.5 to 3 mass ppm of Si, and in which the purity of the target excluding additive components and gas components is 99.995 mass percent or higher for titanium.

2. The titanium target for sputtering according to claim 1 , wherein the purity of the target excluding additive components and gas components is 99.999 mass percent or higher.

3. The titanium target for sputtering according to claim 2 , wherein an average crystal grain size of the target is 20 μm or less.

4. The titanium target for sputtering according to claim 2 , wherein an average crystal grain size of the target prior to performing sputtering is 20 μm or less, and the average crystal grain size after starting the sputtering process is 70 μm or less.

5. The titanium target for sputtering according to claim 1 , wherein an average crystal grain size of the target is 20 μm or less.

6. The titanium target for sputtering according to claim 1 , wherein an average crystal grain size of the target prior to performing sputtering is 20 μm or less, and the average crystal grain size after starting the sputtering process is 70 μm or less.

7. A sputtering target consisting of titanium, 3 to 10 mass ppm of S and 0.5 to 3 mass ppm of Si.

8. The sputtering target according to claim 7 , wherein an average crystal grain size of the target is 20 μm or less.

9. The sputtering target according to claim 7 , wherein an average crystal grain size of the target prior to sputtering is 20 μm or less and the average crystal grain size after being heated as a result of sputtering is 70 μm or less.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057160/0114 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041649/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2010
From: TSUKAMOTO, SHIRO; OTSUKI, TOMIO
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025318/0263 →