IP Library Granted Patent US 12,595,548
Granted Patent B2
US 12,595,548 · App. 18/193,382 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Doped nickel oxide target and preparation method and application thereof

Inventors: Guodong Chen (Ningde, CN); Weile Lin (Ningde, CN); Zhaohui Liu (Ningde, CN); Yongsheng Guo (Ningde, CN); Yandong Wang (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
C23C14/3414C23C4/11H01J37/3426C23C4/134H01J2237/332H10K30/86
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Patent No.
US 12,595,548
App. No.
18/193,382
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A doped nickel oxide target includes a nickel oxide substrate and a dopant doped therein. The dopant includes at least one compound that contains one or more elements of Cu, Ca, Cr, Sn, Hg, Pb, Mg, Mn, Ag, Co, and Pr.

Claims (23)

1 . A doped nickel oxide target, comprising:

a nickel oxide substrate; and

a dopant doped in the nickel oxide substrate, the dopant comprising at least one compound that contains one or more elements of Ca, Sn, Pb, and Pr, and the dopant comprising at least one compound of SnO, SnS, PbO, and Pr 2 O 3 .

2 . The doped nickel oxide target according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the dopant in the doped nickel oxide target is 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %.

3 . The doped nickel oxide target according to claim 1 , wherein the dopant comprises at least two compounds of SnO, SnS, PbO, and Pr 2 O 3 .

4 . The doped nickel oxide target according to claim 1 , wherein based on a total mass of the doped nickel oxide target:

a content of SnO is 0 to 15%, a content of SnS is 0 to 15%, a content of PbO is 0 to 15%, and a content of Pr 2 O 3 is 0 to 15%; and

a total content of the dopant is 0.1% to 20%.

5 . The doped nickel oxide target according to claim 1 , wherein the dopant comprises at least one compound that contains one or more elements of Pb and Pr.

6 . A preparation method of a doped nickel oxide target, comprising:

thermally spraying a coating for binding on a back panel or a back tube of a target;

introducing nickel oxide powder and dopant powders into respective plasma generation sprayers; and

simultaneously applying nickel oxide and dopant onto the back panel or the back tube of the target by plasma spraying, to obtain the doped nickel oxide target;

wherein the dopant comprises at least one compound that contains one or more elements of Ca, Sn, Pb, and Pr.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein a content of the dopant in the doped nickel oxide target is 0.1 wt % to 20 wt %.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the dopant comprises at least one compound selected from SnO, SnS, PbO, and Pr 2 O 3 .

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the dopant comprises at least two compounds selected from SnO, SnS, PbO, and Pr 2 O 3 .

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein based on a total mass of the doped nickel oxide target:

a content of SnO is 0 to 15%, a content of SnS is 0 to 15%, a content of PbO is 0 to 15%, and a content of Pr 2 O 3 is 0 to 15%; and

a total content of the dopant is 0.1% to 20%.

11 . A doped nickel oxide target, comprising:

a nickel oxide substrate; and

a dopant doped in the nickel oxide substrate, the dopant comprising at least one compound that contains one or more elements of Ca, Sn, Hg, Pb, Ag, Co, and Pr, and the at least one compound comprising a metal sulfide.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2023
From: CHEN, GUODONG; LIN, WEILE; LIU, ZHAOHUI; GUO, YONGSHENG; WANG, YANDONG
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063178/0478 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021134882 · Dec 1, 2021
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