--- On Tue, 6/17/08, Steven Krivit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anybody here know about the chip biz?
> I'm trying to learn something about a machine that was
> identified to me as
> a "Knudsen" machine.
> I believe it is used to sputter thin films.
>
> Direction appreciated.
>
> s
I use one of these, but not for semiconductors. I doesn't sputter, it deposits
thin films by thermal evaporation, but in a more controlled fashion than simple
filament evaporation. My "Knudsen Cell" is a special custom built (by me)
version used primarily for high refractive index coatings.
Back when I was still doing CF experiments I used it to deposit palladium on
both Raney nickel and activated charcoal. So doing I got much better and more
definitive results than Mr. Arata. I imagine this is because the palladium had
never been exposed to air or water vapor before the introduction of deuterium.
M.
