Patents by Inventor Paul G. Carter

Paul G. Carter 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).

  • Sputtering target
    Patent number: 10138544
    Abstract: A method for casting a reactive material PVD target, as well as targets thus obtained and a mold for casting. The method includes providing a mold defining an opening, placing a reactive material ingot in to a reservoir (140) proximate the mold, forming a vacuum and melting the reactive material in the reservoir, heating the mold to above a casting temperature and forming a vacuum therein, introducing molten reactive material from the reservoir into the opening and cooling the mold to form the PVD target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SOLERAS, LTD.
    Inventors: Dean T. Plaisted, Michael Asbas, Lawrence C. Ferrin, Paul G. Carter, Guy P. Laverriere
  • SPUTTERING TARGET
    Publication number: 20140202852
    Abstract: A method for casting a reactive material PVD target, as well as targets thus obtained and a mold for casting. The method includes providing a mold defining an opening, placing a reactive material ingot in to a reservoir (140) proximate the mold, forming a vacuum and melting the reactive material in the reservoir, heating the mold to above a casting temperature and forming a vacuum therein, introducing molten reactive material from the reservoir into the opening and cooling the mold to form the PVD target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Soleras, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dean T. Plaisted, Michael Asbas, Lawrence C. Ferrin, Paul G. Carter, Guy P. Laverriere