EP0497126A1 - Circuit pour allumer et faire fonctionner une décharge d'arc à cathode évidée - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a circuit arrangement for igniting and operating a hollow cathode arc discharge, in particular for industrial use with a relatively high output.
- a particular area of application has developed in vacuum coating technology.
- the hollow cathode arc is particularly suitable for the evaporation of the coating material with simultaneous intensive plasma formation with the resultant ionization of the various gases and vapors in the coating chamber.
- a first current source for resistance heating ie the heating of the hollow cathode
- a second current source for operating the hollow cathode itself.
- Both current sources are power current sources which are switched alternately according to the technological requirement.
- the realization of two power sources is technically very complex. Since the two current sources are regulated independently of one another, only as a function of secondary parameters, ignition problems of the hollow cathode discharge also sometimes arise.
- the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a circuit for igniting and operating a hollow cathode, which considerably reduces the technical outlay for the provision of energy and ensures reliable ignition and operation of the hollow cathode arc discharge.
- the invention solves the problem in such a way that only one power current source is used, connected to a special circuit arrangement.
- One end of the cathode tube is connected to the negative pole of the power source.
- the other end of the cathode tube is connected to an anode within the vacuum chamber via a power switching element.
- the anode is in contact with the positive pole of the current source.
- an ammeter is arranged, the outputs of which are connected to the inputs of a differential element.
- the output of the differential element controls a switching unit to open the circuit breaker.
- a special evaporator crucible with the evaporation material is additionally arranged as an anode within the vacuum chamber.
- a power switching element is arranged between the chamber wall and the evaporator crucible and is actuated in the same way by the same switching unit as the power switching element between the cathode tube and the anode for opening.
- the circuit arrangement works in the following way.
- the power switching elements are closed at the beginning of the ignition phase of the hollow cathode arc discharge, since no signals come to the switching unit for opening the power switch via the differential element. If the current flow is initiated from the current source, then flow at 30 to 50 V to 200 A short-circuited over the hollow cathode. This is designed accordingly so that the hollow cathode tube, itself and advantageously another external heating coil connected in series, is heated by resistance heating becomes.
- the hollow cathode is usually made of tungsten. Thermal electron emission begins at a temperature of approx. 2500 0C.
- the arc discharge ignites in the hot zone of the hollow cathode and burns from there in the carrier gas which flows through the hollow cathode.
- the energy flow is dissipated into the vacuum chamber via the anode.
- no significant difference values reach the differential element and the circuit breakers are closed, this changes when the arc discharge is ignited.
- a significant current flow is conducted to the anode via the arc discharge, the plasma stream.
- the ammeter in the anode - positive pole of the current source measures a higher current.
- the differential element shows a difference between the two ammeters and controls the switching unit to open the circuit breaker.
- the circuit breaker When the circuit breaker is open, the direct current flow through the hollow cathode and the heating coil, if present, is interrupted, and thus the resistance heating of the same.
- the current flows exclusively from the cathode via the arc discharge to the anode.
- the hollow cathode is constantly kept at the required temperature by the arc discharge.
- the arc is usually placed on a special anode within the vacuum chamber and the vacuum chamber is separated from the special anode and connected to ground via a second power switching element.
- the second power switching element is driven in parallel to the first between the cathode and the anode.
- the special anode is the evaporator crucible, but it can also be a non-evaporating anode if it is only important to maintain the arc discharge and thus the plasma formation. If the arc discharge burns against an evaporator crucible, this leads to a strong concentration of the charge carriers in a small area and to the melting or evaporation of the evaporation material, with simultaneous partial ionization of the evaporated particles.
- the drawing shows a vacuum chamber with a hollow cathode arc evaporator device with a circuit arrangement according to the invention.
- a hollow cathode 2 and an evaporator crucible 3 are arranged within a vacuum chamber 1.
- a substrate carrier 4 with the substrates to be coated is installed above the evaporator crucible 3.
- the hollow cathode 2 consists of a cathode tube 6 and a heating coil 5.
- the cathode tube 6 is mounted insulated in the vacuum chamber 1 and is flowed through by argon, as the carrier gas for the arc discharge.
- the outer end of the cathode tube 6 is connected to the negative pole of the power source 7, and the tip of the cathode tube is contacted with the heating coil 5.
- the heating coil can be connected to the positive pole of the current source 7 via two power switching elements 8 and 9 connected in series.
- the cathode tube 6 and the heating coil 5 are heated by resistance heating during the passage of current.
- heating coil 5 it is advantageous to dimension the heating coil 5 such that a voltage drop of about 20 V across the heating coil 5 occurs when the end temperature is reached.
- the metallic wall of the vacuum chamber 1 is electrically connected to the connecting line of the two power switching elements 8 and 9 lying in series.
- the anodic evaporation crucible 3 is connected to the positive pole of the current source 7 and the power switching element 9.
- an ammeter 11 and 12 is integrated, the ammeter 12 recording the entire current fed in by the current source 7 and only using the ammeter 11 the current flowing through the heating coil 5.
- the measured value outputs of the two ammeters 11 and 12 are connected to the inputs of a differential element 13.
- the output is connected to a trigger input of a switching unit 14, which in turn controls the power switching elements 8 and 9.
- the two power switching elements 8 and 9 are closed.
- the current from the current source 7 is regulated at 24 V to approximately 240 A.
- the current flows directly through the hollow cathode tube 6, the heating coil 5 and the power switching elements 8 and 9 back to the current source 7.
- the hollow cathode tube 6 is designed in the area of the hot zone and in coordination with the heating coil 5 so that a voltage drop of about 20 V occurs . This area is quickly and intensively heated to a temperature of approx. 2500 0C by resistance heating. Thereby the thermal electron emission occurs.
- An arc discharge ignites, which burns via the carrier gas argon, which is passed through the hollow cathode 2, to the large-area anodic chamber wall 1 and the anodic crucible 3.
- the current of 240 A emitted by the current source 7 is split up because part of it is discharged via the arc discharge. This divided current is measured on ammeters 11 and 12.
- the total current is measured on the ammeter 12, i. H. the current that already flows through the ammeter 11 and additionally the current that flows through the arc discharge through the vacuum chamber 1 and the evaporator crucible 3.
- the difference between the measured current values is evaluated in the differential element 13. If in the example the difference value, that is to say the plasma current is 60 A, then the power switching elements 8 and 9 are controlled and opened via the switching unit 14. At this moment the current flow through the heating coil 5 and also from the vacuum chamber 1 is interrupted. The entire current flows essentially exclusively via the arc discharge to the evaporator 3.
- the material to be evaporated melts and evaporates.
- the hollow cathode 2 is constantly kept at the required temperature by the arc discharge. Should the arc discharge go out, the differential element 13 no longer measures a sufficient difference in the current values at the ammeters 11 and 12 and the power switching elements 8 and 9 are closed again. If in the meantime the current at the current source 7 has not been switched off, the ignition process is repeated. This circuit arrangement works very stably and the technical effort is relatively low.
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DE4102554 | 1991-01-29 | ||
DE4102554A DE4102554A1 (de) | 1991-01-29 | 1991-01-29 | Schaltungsanordnung zum zuenden und betreiben einer hohlkatodenbogenentladung |
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EP0497126A1 true EP0497126A1 (fr) | 1992-08-05 |
EP0497126B1 EP0497126B1 (fr) | 1994-12-28 |
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US7544998B2 (en) | 2003-06-11 | 2009-06-09 | Nxp B.V. | Prevention of parasitic channel in an integrated SOI process |
CN103928286A (zh) * | 2014-04-25 | 2014-07-16 | 哈尔滨工业大学 | 一种实现多个空心阴极稳定并联的工作电路及该工作电路的工作方法 |
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DE19801427C1 (de) * | 1998-01-16 | 1999-10-07 | Forschungszentrum Juelich Gmbh | Verfahren und Anordnung zur Erzeugung von Ionen |
DE10224991A1 (de) * | 2002-06-05 | 2004-01-08 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | Verfahren und Einrichtung zur Reduzierung der Zündspannung von Plasmen |
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US4149024A (en) * | 1974-07-23 | 1979-04-10 | Asea Aktiebolag | Arc furnace for reducing metal oxides and method for operating such a furnace |
DE2949844A1 (de) * | 1979-12-12 | 1981-06-19 | Veb Hochvakuum Dresden, Ddr 8020 Dresden | Verfahren zur zuendung einer hohlkatodenbogenentladung |
DE2648575C2 (de) * | 1975-11-06 | 1984-10-18 | ASEA AB, Västeraas | Verfahren zum Betrieb eines mit Gleichstrom gespeisten Lichtbogenofens |
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US4863581A (en) * | 1987-02-12 | 1989-09-05 | Kawasaki Steel Corp. | Hollow cathode gun and deposition device for ion plating process |
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US4149024A (en) * | 1974-07-23 | 1979-04-10 | Asea Aktiebolag | Arc furnace for reducing metal oxides and method for operating such a furnace |
DE2648575C2 (de) * | 1975-11-06 | 1984-10-18 | ASEA AB, Västeraas | Verfahren zum Betrieb eines mit Gleichstrom gespeisten Lichtbogenofens |
DE2949844A1 (de) * | 1979-12-12 | 1981-06-19 | Veb Hochvakuum Dresden, Ddr 8020 Dresden | Verfahren zur zuendung einer hohlkatodenbogenentladung |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US7544998B2 (en) | 2003-06-11 | 2009-06-09 | Nxp B.V. | Prevention of parasitic channel in an integrated SOI process |
CN103928286A (zh) * | 2014-04-25 | 2014-07-16 | 哈尔滨工业大学 | 一种实现多个空心阴极稳定并联的工作电路及该工作电路的工作方法 |
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DE4102554A1 (de) | 1992-09-03 |
EP0497126B1 (fr) | 1994-12-28 |
DE4102554C2 (fr) | 1993-06-17 |
DE59201038D1 (de) | 1995-02-09 |
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