IP Library Granted Patent US 9,208,999
Granted Patent B2
US 9,208,999 · App. 13/510,733 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Coil section assembly for simulating circular coils for vacuum devices

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Patent No.
US 9,208,999
App. No.
13/510,733
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a vacuum treatment chamber, comprising a coil arrangement for generating a magnetic field in the chamber, wherein the coil arrangement comprises at least one first coil section and a second coil section, wherein the first coil section and the second coil section are arranged adjacent to each other in cross-section and preferably in one plane, such that at least a partial section of the first coil substantially follows the course of a partial section of the second coil, wherein the spacing of the first partial section from the second partial section is at least one order of magnitude smaller than the cross-section of the optionally smaller coil section.

Claims (12)

1. A vacuum treatment chamber, comprising:

a coil arrangement for generating a magnetic field within the chamber, the coil arrangement comprising at least one lower coil configured as a multi-section coil, the multi-section coil comprising at least one first coil section and a second coil section, the first coil section and the second coil section being arranged adjacent to each other in cross-section and in one plane, at least one segment of the first coil section essentially following a contour of one segment of the second coil section,

a distance between the segment of the first coil section and the segment of the second coil section being smaller than a cross-section of a smaller one of the first coil section and the second coil section; and

a front door, the first coil section being mounted on the bottom of the front door and configured to tilt together with the front door away from the chamber.

2. The vacuum treatment chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the coil arrangement further comprises another coil, and

wherein the coil arrangement constitutes a Helmholtz coil arrangement corresponding essentially to a diameter of the chamber.

3. The vacuum treatment chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the first coil section does not constitute a common electric circuit with the second coil section and is electrically decoupled.

4. The vacuum treatment chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the first coil section is mounted such that the first coil section is mechanically decoupled from the second coil section.

5. A vacuum treatment facility, comprising:

a coating facility comprising the vacuum treatment chamber according to claim 1 .

6. A coating facility, comprising:

the vacuum treatment chamber according to claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 5, 2022
From: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, TRUBBACH
To: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFÄFFIKON
Reel/Frame 059912/0979 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2015
From: OERLIKON TRADING AG, TRUBBACH
To: OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, TRUBBACH
Reel/Frame 036355/0872 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 21, 2014
From: OERLIKON TRADING AG, TRUEBBACH
To: OERLIKON TRADING AG, TRUEBBACH
Reel/Frame 032094/0614 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2012
From: KRASSNITZER, SIEGFRIED
To: OERLIKON TRADING AG, TRUBBACH
Reel/Frame 028595/0079 →