Abstract:
An improved method of cleaning a glass substrate prior to evaporation of chrome metal electrodes upon it. The substrate is cleaned by the use of glow discharge in a wet active gas, preferably air or forming gas.
Abstract:
A substrate to be coated by RF sputtering is partially or completely surrounded by a target, which has a similarly shaped cathode surrounding and supporting the target. The target and the cathode may be formed of a pair of parallel plates or a hollow member. By controlling the pressure of the gas within the partially evacuated chamber in which at least the target is disposed and/or the spacing of the cathode plates or the size and geometrical configuration of the hollow member, a single common negative glow can be produced by either having the negative glow from the two parallel cathode plates overlap or touch each other or having a single negative glow within the hollow member.