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Granted Patent B2
US 10,378,097 · App. 15/653,698 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Film forming apparatus

Inventors: Shota Matsuda (Toyota, JP); Hiromichi Nakata (Toyota, JP); Takayasu Sato (Takahama, JP); Yoji Sato (Nagoya, JP); Kazutaka Tachibana (Nagoya, JP); Daiki Tsuboi (Aichi-ken, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
C23C14/325C23C16/45523C23C16/515C30B23/066C30B25/105H01J37/32055H01J37/32403H01J37/32568H01J37/32614
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Patent No.
US 10,378,097
App. No.
15/653,698
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A film forming apparatus includes a cylindrical evaporation source, an electrode, and a gas passage. The evaporation source is composed of metal and includes an internal space for accommodating a workplace. The electrode is arranged in the internal space of the evaporation source, The gas passage supplies gas to the internal space of the evaporation source from a space outside the evaporation source. The gas passage includes an end portion located in the internal space. The end portion of the gas passage includes a first section composed of a first material and a second section composed of a second material. The first material and the second material have different thermal expansion coefficients.

Claims (16)

1. A film forming apparatus comprising:

a cylindrical evaporation source that is composed of metal and includes an internal space for accommodating a workpiece;

an electrode arranged in the internal space of the evaporation source; and

a gas passage that supplies gas to the internal space of the evaporation source from a space outside the evaporation source and includes an end portion located in the internal space, wherein

the film forming apparatus is configured to form a film by depositing, on the workpiece, metal ions are released from the evaporation source by arc discharge generated between the evaporation source and the electrode,

the end portion of the gas passage includes

a first section composed of a first material, and

a second section composed of a second material, and

the first material and the second material have different thermal expansion coefficients.

2. The film forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an adhesion-preventing member that is arranged between the evaporation source and the electrode and is electrically insulated from the evaporation source and the electrode, wherein

the electrode includes the first section,

the adhesion-preventing member includes the second section, and

the end portion of the gas passage is constituted by the electrode and the adhesion-preventing member.

3. The film forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first material, of which the electrode is composed, has a higher thermal conduction coefficient than that of the second material, of which the adhesion-preventing member is composed.

4. The film forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first material, of which the electrode is composed, has a lower thermal expansion coefficient than that of the second material, of which the adhesion-preventing member is composed.

5. The film forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first material, of which the electrode is composed, has a lower thermal expansion coefficient than that of the second material, of which the adhesion-preventing member is composed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2017
From: MATSUDA, SHOTA; NAKATA, HIROMICHI; SATO, TAKAYASU; SATO, YOJI; TACHIBANA, KAZUTAKA; TSUBOI, DAIKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 043041/0169 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-158011 · Aug 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180044777A1 · Feb 15, 2018