SIOX:SI SPUTTERING TARGETS AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SUCH TARGETS

摘要

Silicon oxide and electrically conductive doped silicon materials are fused in a protective environment to yield a composite SiO2:Si material that exhibits the properties of SiO2, and yet is electrically conductive due to the presence of the Si. Such a composite material finds use as a target for DC and/or AC sputtering processes to produce conductive silicon oxide thin films for touch-screen applications and the like.