• DocumentCode
    801443
  • Title

    Microprocessor-Based Control of an Ion Beam Deposition System

  • Author

    Ahn, Jaeshin ; Stromsmoe, Keith A. ; Lawson, Ronald P.W.

  • Author_Institution
    The Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada.
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    405
  • Lastpage
    409
  • Abstract
    A microprocessor-based system with 32 A/D, 24 D/A, and 16 ac load controllers, has been designed and built to monitor and control an ion beam thin-film deposition system. The A/D and D/A channels have electrical isolation of 7.5 kV between channels and between input and output. The microprocessor system keeps the ion beam deposition parameters stable for extended periods of operation and it is proposed as a means to greatly simplify switching from one deposition species to another to grow thin multilayer or alloy films.
  • Keywords
    Acceleration; Communication system control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Ion beams; Ion sources; Microprocessors; Nonhomogeneous media; Power supplies; Sputtering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0046
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIE.1985.350117
  • Filename
    4158662