Rotating magnetron incorporating a removable cathode
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1. A rotatable magnetron apparatus, comprising:
- a bearing housing;
a drive shaft rotatably mounted in said bearing housing with an end thereof extending into an evacuable chamber;
a vacuum seal means for sealing said drive shaft to said bearing housing so that an interior portion thereof is isolated from said chamber; and
means for removably attaching a magnetron cathode to the end of said drive shaft extending into said chamber so that said cathode may be removed from said chamber while said bearing housing remains in place.
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Abstract
A rotatable magnetron having a cathode and a bearing assembly wherein the cathode may be removed from a coating chamber while the bearing assembly remains in place.
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1. A rotatable magnetron apparatus, comprising:
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a bearing housing; a drive shaft rotatably mounted in said bearing housing with an end thereof extending into an evacuable chamber; a vacuum seal means for sealing said drive shaft to said bearing housing so that an interior portion thereof is isolated from said chamber; and means for removably attaching a magnetron cathode to the end of said drive shaft extending into said chamber so that said cathode may be removed from said chamber while said bearing housing remains in place. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for sputtering thin films on a substrate using a rotating magnetron cathode, comprising:
- an evacuable coating chamber;
a cantilever mounting unit mounted through a side wall of said coating chamber, said mounting unit including a bearing housing, a drive shaft mounted in said bearing housing for rotating said magnetron cathode, and a vacuum seal means for isolating at least a portion of the interior of said bearing housing from said coating chamber;
means for removably attaching a cathode body of said magnetron cathode to the end of said drive shaft inside said coating chamber so that said cathode body may be detached from said drive shaft and removed from said coating chamber; and
means for transporting a substrate past said magnetron cathode. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- an evacuable coating chamber;
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