Claims
- 1. A getter device having a supported thin layer of getter material formed by a method comprising:
- preparing at least one suspension comprised of non-evaporable getter (NEG) material particles in a dispersing medium, said NEG particles having a particle size not greater than about 150 .mu.m, said dispersing medium having an aqueous, alcoholic, or hydroalcoholic base and containing not more than about 1 wt % of organic compounds having a boiling temperature of at least about 250.degree. C., wherein a ratio of a weight of said NEG material particles to a weight of said dispersing medium is between about 4:1 and about 1:1;
- depositing at least one layer of said suspension on a carrier by a serigraphic technique;
- drying said at least one deposited layer to evaporate volatile components of said dispersing medium and thereby form a dried deposit; and
- sintering said dried deposit under vacuum at a temperature between about 800.degree. C. and about 1000.degree. C. with a surface of said dried deposit covered with a refractory material to inhibit scaling, whereby a layer comprised of NEG material supported on said carrier is obtained.
- 2. The getter device of claim 1, wherein at least two layer s of different materials are deposited by the serigraphic technique.
- 3. The getter device of claim 2, wherein the device includes a layer comprised of nickel disposed over the layer comprised of NEG material.
- 4. The getter device of claim 2, wherein at least one layer includes a plurality of discrete deposit zones.
- 5. The getter device of claim 4, wherein the at least one layer including discrete deposit zones is comprised of NEG material.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/855,080, filed May 13, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,727 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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