摘要:
A pair of magnets for producing a mirror magnetic field are disposed outside of an electrode structure carrying a target. Microwaves from a microwave source are introduced toward and into a space defined by the mirror magnetic field for generating high-density plasma. While maintaining this high-density plasma over a wide area of the surface of the target, an electric field substantially perpendicular to the surface of the target is applied for sputtering of the target material. The optimized conditions for plasma generation can be selected when the high-density plasma formed outside of a processing chamber is guided to migrate toward an area above the target in the processing chamber. Capability of sputtering of the material from the entire surface of the target increases the rate of film deposition on a substrate and improves the target utilization rate (the quantity of the material deposited on the substrate/the usable area of the target).
摘要:
A sputtering target structure suitable for use with a planar magnetron sputtering electrode device has a plurality of annular target members arranged concentrically. The annular target member is provided with either an annular groove for concentration of an electric field or an annular wall for repelling electrons.
摘要:
A sputtering process of a substrate biasing system and an apparatus for carrying out the same, capable of forming a film in satisfactory surface coverage over stepped underlying layer. The present invention solves problems in the quality of films formed by the conventional sputtering process of a substrate biasing system by regulating the bias potential of a substrate on which a film is to be formed so that the kinetic energy of ions of a sputtering gas falling on the substrate is varied periodically. The bias potential is regulated by periodically varying the amplitude of the output of a radio frequency (or dc) bias power supply or by changing the duty factor of a voltage pulse stream of the output of the radio frequency (or dc) bias power supply.
摘要:
A target for use in a sputtering technique usually has a flat structure. The present invention has succeeded in endowing sputtering film formation with a directivity in such a way that the surface of the target is provided with recesses thereby to limit the flight directions of sputtering particles.Alternatively, the directivity can be bestowed by disposing a frame between a substrate to be formed with a film and the flat sputtering target. This measure requires auxiliary means in which a wall is provided at the outer periphery of the sputtering target so as to effectively utilize a plasma.The present invention actually formed films by the use of the above technique, and has verified the effect thereof. Wide applications are expected in technical fields wherein after forming a microscopic pattern, one or more films need to be further formed.
摘要:
Planar magnetron sputtering sputters a target formed of plural target members from their principal surface. The plural target members are arranged on an electrode. The sputtering is carried out in such a condition that an electric field and magnetic field are substantially parallel in their direction at the boundary regions among the plural target members.
摘要:
There is provided lane judgement equipment that is capable of quickly and accurately judging the lane that a vehicle is traveling in on a road with plural lanes in each direction. Lane judgement equipment 100 detects reference positions 402, 502 that are set in advance at an entrance to road B with plural lanes in each direction, and judges which of lanes B1-B3 of road B with plural lanes in each direction a vehicle 400 is traveling in based on entry distance L from those reference positions 402, 502 and on map information.
摘要:
A vehicle speed control system includes: a unit for computing a first target velocity based on map information; a unit for computing a second target velocity based on a road profile obtained from other information than the map information (such as lane recognition using a camera); a unit for comparing the first target velocity and the second target velocity; a unit for selecting a lower target velocity therefrom; and a unit for controlling a vehicle velocity in accordance with the selected target velocity.
摘要:
A vehicle is guided to a lane that the vehicle should run, even if map data do not include lane information of a tollgate.A navigation processing part 100 makes a vehicle running path calculation part 112 calculate a running path of the vehicle from a point of a prescribed distance from the tollgate until an ETC receipt signal receiving part 114 receives an ETC receipt signal. Then, the navigation processing part 100 calculates an approximate position of an ETC lane on the basis of the running path, and accumulates the calculated approximate position in a storage unit. Further, when the vehicle approaches to the tollgate within a prescribed distance from the tollgate, the navigation processing part 100 obtains the approximate position of the ETC lane of the tollgate from the storage unit, and displays the approximate position through a display processing part 106, to guide the user to the ETC lane.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a vehicle speed control device for controlling a speed of a vehicle. The vehicle speed control device includes a current location error estimation section for extracting area attribute information from the map information, for producing a location error probability distribution, a target speed calculation section for receiving the target speed correction instruction, for accessing preset data that shows an acceleration or a gradient of an acceleration which allows a driver not to feel uncomfortable, and for computing target speed values at nodes over the distance in such a way that the target speed values create a continuous curve, and a speed control section for sensing a speed of a vehicle, and for controlling a driving torque of the vehicle so that the sensed speed traces the continuous curve composed of the target speed values.
摘要:
Provided is a lane determining device that is capable of quickly and accurately determining the lane traveled by a host vehicle traveling on a road with a plurality of lanes in each direction. A lane determining device that determines the lane traveled by the host vehicle traveling on a road with a plurality of lanes in each direction comprises: road geometry obtaining means that obtains road geometry; imaging means that images the road; division line recognition means that recognizes a division line from an image imaged by the imaging means; first path computation means that computes a path of the host vehicle by repeatedly computing a distance from the division line recognized by the division line recognition means to the imaging means; second path computation means that computes a path of the host vehicle based on the road geometry obtained by the road geometry obtaining means and on autonomous navigation; third path computation means that computes a path of the host vehicle based on a first path computed by the first path computation means and on a second path computed by the second path computation means; and traveled lane determination means that determines the lane traveled by the host vehicle based on a third path computed by the third path computation means.