Claims
- 1. Apparatus for forming a ferroelectric, super-conducting, or high dielectric constant thin film, said apparatus comprising:
- a source of a liquid, said liquid comprising one or more chemical elements;
- an enclosure;
- liquid introduction means for introducing liquid from said liquid source into said enclosure;
- rotating blade means in said enclosure for turning said liquid into a mist; and
- thin film forming means for utilizing said mist to form a ferroelectric, super-conducting, or high dielectric constant thin film comprising said one or more chemical elements, said thin film forming means including vacuum means for creating a vacuum to withdraw said mist from said enclosure and for drawing said liquid into said enclosure through said introduction means.
- 2. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said liquid introduction means comprises means for impacting said liquid onto said blade immediately after it enters said enclosure.
- 3. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said thin film forming means comprises a mist outlet located in an upper portion of said enclosure.
- 4. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said vacuum is between 500 torr and 700 torr.
- 5. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said liquid introduction means comprises a gas source and combining means for combining said liquid with gas from said gas source.
- 6. Apparatus as in claim 5 wherein said combining means comprises means for providing a regulated stream of gas from said gas source and means for adding a controlled quantity of said liquid to said gas stream.
- 7. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein rotating blade means comprises a blade and a rotation means for rotating said blade, and wherein said blade rotates at between 750 rounds per minute and 1500 rounds per minute.
- 8. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said apparatus is capable of using a liquid solution selected from the group comprising sol-gel solutions and MOD type solutions as said liquid.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/807,439 filed Dec. 13, 1991, which is in turn a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/660,428 filed Feb. 25, 1991, abandoned, which is in turn a continuation-in-part of PCT application US89/05882 filed Dec. 27, 1989, which is in turn a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/290,468, abandoned, filed Dec. 27, 1988.
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