C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 30 – B
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
30
B
C30B 29/04 (2006.01) C23C 16/01 (2006.01) C23C 16/26 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2167993
A mandrel for use in a diamond deposition process has surfaces with different diamond adhesion properties. According to one embodiment, a mandrel is provided and has first and second surfaces on which a diamond film is deposited, with the second surface forming a perimeter around the first surface. The first surface of the mandrel has a first diamond bonding strength which is less than a second diamond bonding strength of the second surface. In an embodiment for forming a cup-shaped diamond film, the mandrel is a titanium nitride (TiN) coated molybdenum (Mo) substrate having a stepped solid cylindrical shape with a central mesa having a side wall or flank. The side wall is etched near the top surface of the mesa to expose a molybdenum band and to form a second surface which bounds the TiN first surface. When the molybdenum band loses efficiency as a result of diamond particles remaining in the molybdenum band after a diamond deposition procedure, a second strip of the TiN coating adjacent to the first strip may be etched or machined to expose a second band of molybdenum. Other embodiments of the invention include machining the molybdenum band on the mesa top surface, machining a stepped molybdenum band, using a separate and detachable molybdenum foil or wire applied to grooves in the mandrel, and forming radial lines or patches on the surface of the mandrel.
Fellbaum Randy D.
Ulbrich Volker R.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Saint-Gobain/norton Industrial Ceramics Corporation
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