Target assembly for safe and economic evaporation of brittle materials

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PATENT NO 11158491
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16618786

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The present invention discloses a target assembly which allows safe, fracture-free and economic operation of target materials with low fracture toughness and/or bending strength during arc evaporation processes as well as in sputtering processes. The present invention discloses a target assembly for PVD processes, comprising a target, and a target holding device (20), characterized in that the target (10) comprises a first bayonet lock and the target holding device (20) comprises a counterbody for the first bayonet lock of the target and a second bayonet lock for engaging the target assembly in the cooling means of the deposition chamber.

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OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG PFÄFFIKONPFAFFIKON

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Bolvardi, Hamid Chur, CH 8 29
Esselbach, Markus Feldkirch, AT 8 30
Kerschbaumer, Joerg Feldkirch, AT 4 19
Krassnitzer, Siegfried Feldkirch, AT 65 272

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