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Rotary sputtering targets for CIGS materialise
New targets incorporating copper, gallium and if wanted, indium, for solar cell manufacturing have just come on the market
Indium Corporation will feature its enhanced copper-indium-gallium (CuInGa) and copper-gallium (CuGa) rotary sputtering targets at Intersolar North America.
The conference is taking place between July 10th and 12th, 2012 in San Francisco, California, USA.
The targets are now available in lengths up to 3.2 metres, and with the thicknesses of the monolithic source layer up to 22 millimetres.
The targets are made by Indium Corporation's vertically integrated proprietary process utilising aerospace powder metallurgy technology. The production process output produces a consistently homogeneous alloy with low ppm (parts per million) contamination levels and uniform density throughout the target, resulting in very consistent sputtering film properties.
The CuInGa ternary alloy targets and CuGa targets can be produced in chemistry ranges standard to the CIGS industry, and unique chemistries for the R&D and engineering community. Both are produced as a monolithic material, bonded onto the backing tube during Indium Corporation's unique hybrid consolidation process.
