Sputtering targets are key source materials used in physical vapor deposition techniques such as magnetron sputtering to prepare functional thin films. Traditional targets are mainly based on pure metals or binary and ternary alloy systems with a single principal element, and their performance op...
What is Vacuum Melting?
Vacuum melting is exactly what it sounds like – melting metals and alloys in a sealed environment from which air has been removed. This isn’t just for show; it solves a core problem: many metals “go bad” when exposed to air at high temperatures. Oxidation, gas absorption, ...
Selection Guide for Sputtering Target Manufacturing Processes: A Four-Step Decision Method for Vacuum Melting vs. Powder Metallurgy.
In high-end manufacturing fields such as semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, and photovoltaic cells, the target material is a core consumable for thin film d...
Most pure metals and the targets made from them are silvery-white. However, PVD coating enables a wide range of colorful finishes—contrary to the misconception that “the target’s color determines the coating’s color.”
In fact:
Titanium targets can produce gold, rose gold, black and ...
How to Choose the Right Cobalt Sputtering Target? A Complete Guide from Beginner to Expert
In the semiconductor manufacturing field, one material is quietly reshaping the landscape of advanced processes—cobalt sputtering targets. It serves as the “invisible hero” in interconnect layers for sub-7n...
Hiperco 50 (also known as Hiperco50 or equivalent to grades like 1J22 in some standards) is a specialized iron-cobalt soft magnetic alloy renowned for its highest saturation induction among commercial engineering materials. This article provides a detailed overview of its physical properties, che...
At our company’s technical evaluation meetings for sputtering targets, we often hear conversations like this:
“Cobalt targets are quite brittle; It is not easy to roll it into coils.”
“Copper targets are much easier to process; you can roll them into any shape.”
R...
an alloy sputtering target is a PVD coating material created by uniformly fusing two or more metallic (or metallic and non-metallic) elements through specific metallurgical processes.
Hearing this, some might say: Isn’t an alloy target just a mixture of whatever materials you want, used as ...
In the vast expanse of materials science, special alloys stand out as brilliant “performance stars.” They are not created for ordinary needs but are engineered as “special forces” for extreme operating conditions. From soaring jet aircraft and deep-sea explorers to the hea...
In the manufacturing of modern high-tech products, from smartphone screens to energy-efficient glass and precision chips, a core coating technology called “magnetron sputtering” is indispensable. Simply put, it acts like an “ion spray gun,” using high-energy particles to b...
In magnetron sputtering technology, indium bonding is the most commonly used thermal management process for joining sputtering targets (especially brittle materials like ITO ceramics or silicon) to a copper backplate. The indium layer acts as both a “thermal conductive bridge” and a &...
In advanced manufacturing fields such as semiconductors, optical coatings, and hard coatings, target materials are the “heart” of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) technology. An interesting yet often confusing phenomenon for procurement novices is this: when you inquire about a “...