Patents by Inventor Alan Plaisted

Alan Plaisted has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ROTARY SPUTTERING TARGET AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20110168555
    Abstract: The process that is the subject of this invention is a method of making a rotary sputtering target having the steps of providing a cylinder of sputtering target material having an adhesion-wetting layer on its inside surface; providing a stainless steel sputtering target backing tube having an outside diameter smaller than the sputtering target material inside diameter, the backing tube having an adhesion-wetting layer on its outside surface; welding an upper and lower stainless steel retaining ring to the backing tube adjacent to the sputtering target material so that the target material is in compression and the backing tube in tension; and introducing molten bonding material into the annulus between the backing tube and the sputtering target material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SOLERAS, LTD.
    Inventors: Al Nolette, Paul Carter, Dean Plaisted, Alan Plaisted
  • Method of manufacturing a rotary sputtering target using a mold
    Patent number: 7922066
    Abstract: The process that is the subject of this invention is a method of making a rotary sputtering target having the steps of providing a cylinder of sputtering target material having an adhesion-wetting layer on its inside surface; providing a stainless steel sputtering target backing tube having an outside diameter smaller than the sputtering target material inside diameter, the backing tube having an adhesion-wetting layer on its outside surface; welding an upper and lower stainless steel retaining ring to the backing tube adjacent to the sputtering target material so that the target material is in compression and the backing tube in tension; and introducing molten bonding material into the annulus between the backing tube and the sputtering target material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Soleras, LTd.
    Inventors: Al Nolette, Paul Carter, Dean Plaisted, Alan Plaisted
  • CATHODE INCORPORATING FIXED OR ROTATING TARGET IN COMBINATION WITH A MOVING MAGNET ASSEMBLY AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20070089983
    Abstract: A sputtering cathode apparatus having a hollow cylindrical sputter target that is fixed or rotatable about its central axis and an internal magnet assembly that is rotated axially within the sputter target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: SOLERAS LTD.
    Inventors: Dean Plaisted, Alan Plaisted
  • ROTARY SPUTTERING TARGET, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURE, AND METHOD OF MAKING
    Publication number: 20070062809
    Abstract: The process that is the subject of this invention is a method of making a rotary sputtering target having the steps of providing a cylinder of sputtering target material having an adhesion-wetting layer on its inside surface; providing a stainless steel sputtering target backing tube having an outside diameter smaller than the sputtering target material inside diameter, the backing tube having an adhesion-wetting layer on its outside surface; welding an upper and lower stainless steel retaining ring to the backing tube adjacent to the sputtering target material so that the target material is in compression and the backing tube in tension; and introducing molten bonding material into the annulus between the backing tube and the sputtering target material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Soleras Ltd.
    Inventors: Al Nolette, Paul Carter, Dean Plaisted, Alan Plaisted