Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Apparatus – Coating – forming or etching by sputtering
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-16
2009-06-09
McDonald, Rodney G (Department: 1795)
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Apparatus
Coating, forming or etching by sputtering
C204S298200, C204S298060
Reexamination Certificate
active
07544276
ABSTRACT:
A biased pulse DC reactor for sputtering of oxide films is presented. The biased pulse DC reactor couples pulsed DC at a particular frequency to the target through a filter which filters out the effects of a bias power applied to the substrate, protecting the pulsed DC power supply. Films deposited utilizing the reactor have controllable material properties such as the index of refraction. Optical components such as waveguide amplifiers and multiplexers can be fabricated using processes performed on a reactor according to the present invention.
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Demaray Richard E.
Mullapudi Ravi B.
Narasimhan Mukundan
Zhang Hongmei
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
McDonald Rodney G
SpringWorks LLC
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