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12469282

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A vacuum sputtering apparatus capable of depositing a plurality of thin film layers on a substrate, the apparatus comprising: a vacuum chamber (1) having gas inlet means and gas evacuation means; a substrate support table (2) arranged to be rotatable about at least one axis perpendicular to the plane of the table; means for rotating the substrate support table about said at least one axis; a plurality of sputtering targets (5) spaced around the walls of the chamber, each sputtering target having electrode means associated therewith; and means for altering the position of the substrate support table relative to each one of the plurality of sputtering targets (4) such that in use a substrate placed on the substrate support table may have a film deposited thereon of atoms sputtered from at least one of the said plurality of targets and subsequently, following alteration of the position of the substrate support table, have at least one further film deposited thereon by exposure to atoms form at least one other of said plurality of targets. A method of depositing multi-layer materials on a substrate and a method of controlling stoichiometry of deposited alloys are also provided.

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NORDIKO LIMITEDNEW LANE HAVANT P09 2NL

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Davis, Mervyn Howard West Sussex , GB 7 39

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