IP Library Granted Patent US 9,758,860
Granted Patent B2
US 9,758,860 · App. 13/819,499 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Indium sputtering target and method for manufacturing same

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Patent No.
US 9,758,860
App. No.
13/819,499
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An indium sputtering target with a short time to attain a stable film deposition rate once sputtering has begun is provided. An indium sputtering target having a surface to be sputtered with an arithmetic average roughness Ra of from 5 μm to 70 μm prior to sputtering.

Claims (13)

1. An indium metal sputtering target having purity of 99.99 mass % or more and having a surface to be sputtered with an arithmetic average roughness Ra of from 5 μm to 70 μm in advance of sputtering time.

2. An indium metal sputtering target having purity of 99.99 mass % or more and having a surface to be sputtered with a ten point average roughness Rzjis of from 100 μm to 400 μm in advance of sputtering time.

3. The indium metal sputtering target according to claim 1 , wherein a decrease in film deposition rate after ten hours is 30% or less compared with an initial film deposition rate.

4. A method of manufacturing an indium metal sputtering target according to claim 1 , comprising a step of treating a surface to be sputtered using dry ice particle blasting.

5. A method of manufacturing an indium metal sputtering target according to claim 2 , comprising a step of treating a surface to be sputtered using dry ice particle blasting.

6. A method of manufacturing an indium metal sputtering target according to claim 3 , comprising a step of treating a surface to be sputtered using dry ice particle blasting.

7. The indium metal sputtering target according to claim 2 , wherein a decrease in film deposition rate after ten hours is 30% or less compared with an initial film deposition rate.

8. A method of manufacturing an indium metal sputtering target according to claim 1 , comprising a step of treating a surface to be sputtered using an abrasive paper having a grain size of #60 or greater.

9. A method of manufacturing an indium metal sputtering target according to claim 2 , comprising a step of treating a surface to be sputtered using an abrasive paper having a grain size of #60 or greater.

10. A method of manufacturing an indium metal sputtering target according to claim 3 , comprising a step of treating a surface to be sputtered using an abrasive paper having a grain size of #60 or greater.

11. A method of manufacturing an indium metal sputtering target according to claim 8 , wherein the abrasive paper has a grain size of from #60 to 400.

12. A method of manufacturing an indium metal sputtering target according to claim 9 , wherein the abrasive paper has a grain size of from #60 to 400.

13. A method of manufacturing an indium metal sputtering target according to claim 10 , wherein the abrasive paper has a grain size of from #60 to 400.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057453/0937 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057160/0114 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2013
From: ENDO, YOUSUKE; SAKAMOTO, MASARU
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029886/0945 →