Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Deposition of Chromium
Chromium can be deposited by e-beam evaporation. It should be noted that Chromium does not melt but evaporates directly from the solid phase. In the chart below you can compare the different deposition equipment.
E-beam evaporation (Alcatel) | E-beam evaporation (Leybold) | E-beam evaporation (Wordentec) | Sputter deposition (Wordentec) | |
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Pre-clean | RF Ar clean | Ar ion bombartment | RF Ar clean | RF Ar clean |
Layer thickness | 10Å to 1µm | 10Å to 0.5µm | 10Å to 1µm | . |
Deposition rate | 2Å/s to 15Å/s | 1Å/s to 5Å/s | 10Å/s to 15Å/s | . |