NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY  Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
1990 Phase II 

Thin Film Deposition System for Super conducting Materials 

CVC Products, Inc.  

Rochester, NY 
 

INNOVATION 
    Deposition process for thin films of high temperature good quality superconductors over large areas (2" sq. )
Sputtering Deposition System
Sputtering Deposition System
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
  • Developed a sputtering process for depositing thin films of super conducting material (YbCO)
  • Deposited thin films that were used to demonstrate ferro electric capacitors
  • Processes transferred to an automated production machine
COMMERCIALIZATION 
  • Sales of deposition system total $1 million
  • Thin film coating service also available
  • Future market potential includes systems for depositing ferro electric and electro-optic materials
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS 
  • Microwave system components such as power dividers, combiners, switched filters and phase shifters
  • Communication systems components
     
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Curator: SBIR Support            1/16/06