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The project purpose

The organisation of manufacture of plates and products from polycrystalline and monocrystal CVD-diamondfor electronic componental base, optics and wearproof coverings.

ProductionThe project

At the initial stage:•Heat-removing plates from polycrystalline diamond;•Diamond optical windows, including on a range of the microwave oven and ВЧ frequencies;•Cutting inserts from a diamond composite;•Services in laser processing of diamond products;Further:•Monocrystal momchromators and detectors of x-ray radiation (including dosimeters of medical appointment), monocrystal plates for the microwave oven of transistors, solar-blind UV-detectors, hard-alloy cutters with a diamond covering, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) on the basis of thin diamond films, difractional optical elements from diamond.

ParticipantsThe project

•GPI OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES;•Company ”Optosystems".

ConsumersProduction

The electronic industry enterprises (in particular, in Russia NPC "Source", NPC "Pulsar", Open Company «NPP TEZ», Open Society "Octave");Manufacturers of the optical equipment, lasers (in Russia FSC "Astrophysics", НТО "IRE-POLUS", etc.);Manufacturers of components and tools with a diamond covering(space sector, mechanical engineering, the medical equipment).

Realisationof the project

The first stage:•Manufacture of separate electronic, optical and mechanical elements from CVD-diamond.The second stage:•Manufacture of difficult products on the basis of elements from CVD-diamond.Improvement of the production technology of monocrystal and polycrystalline CVD-diamond during all project.

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Commercialisation of the CVD-production technology of diamond films

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The characteristic of the Innovative project

CVD-diamond use

CVD-diamondtype Use areas

CVD-diamond of mechanical quality

Covering of tools, details (for example, engine details, surgical tools, implants, drills)

CVD-diamond of optical quality

Windows and mirrors (for example, lasers)

CVD-diamond of thermal/electro-technical quality

Heat-removing plates (electronics, laser diodes)

CVD-diamond as a sensor element

Ionising radiationdetectors (including medical detectors)

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Method The short description Advantages and lacks

Method of a hot thread

Activation of a gas phase about use heated to temperature ~ 20000Ca wire from the refractory material, placed about a substrate on which the diamond film is increased and which is supported at temperature 700-10000C. Pressure of a gas phase usually makes 20-60 Torr, and distance between a wire-activator and a substrate of 4-10 mm.

The big advantage of a method is simplicity and scaling possibility. Method lack is the basic impossibility to prevent occurrence of an impurity of metal-activator in a film that is important at reception very much a clear diamond, and also impossibility of introduction in a gas mix of the additives actively co-operating with a material of the activator.

Gas activation in a torch flame

In the elementary case process is conducted on atmosphere, and there is no necessity for the reactor. Use of an oxygen-acetylene torch allows to receive high concentration of radicals and speed of sedimentation of diamond can reach 100 micron/hour.

Use of torches in reactors at the lowered pressure allows to increase the area of sedimentation and to improve control over a process course. However at the expense of increase in the area of a covering speed of sedimentation without an appreciable prize in quality decreases.

The direct current category

In typical conditions (pressure of 100 Torr, temperature 8000С, the expense of gas of 5-6 l/hour, size of a current 1,5-2,5) are reached speeds 10 micron/hour on substrates by the area of 1 sm2.

Sedimentation in plasma of the category of a direct current allows to receive diamond films with speeds in tens micrometers at an o'clock. Besides high growth rates advantages of a method are simplicity of process, low consumption of gas, however pollution of a film by products of dispersion of electrodes is inherent in a method.

Electroarc plasmotron

In electroarc plasmotron the gas which is heated up in the category of a direct current in the cylindrical channel, expires through a nozzle, forming a high-speed stream with temperature in a kernel of a stream to 40000ºС

Owing to high degree of decomposition of gas-reagent, high concentration of atomic hydrogen of speed of sedimentation of diamond reach the big sizes.

Laser plasmotron Heating of a gas stream in such плазмотроне is carried out by plasma of the continuous optical category supported by continuous laser radiation.

Speeds of sedimentation 40-60 micron/hour on substrates by the area of an order of 1 sm2 are reached. Increase in speed and the sedimentation area it is possible to expect at higher laser capacity but while this method develops only at laboratory level.

The microwave oven plasma(It is used in the project)

In the vacuum chamber the mix of methane and hydrogen which dissociate under the influence of the electric category, microwave plasma, laser radiation, on a hot thread or otherwisemoves. Products dissociations are delivered to heated to a substrate, and are besieged in the form of diamond.

Allows to reach: •It is unprecedented the big sizes;•High reproducibility of physical parametres;•Possibilities of cultivation of products of the set form;•Possibilities of drawing of coverings on a surface of various materials.CVD diamond does not contain neither a time, nor a binding material and consequently shows properties coming nearer to properties of monocrystals of diamond.

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Existing methods of reception of CVD-diamond



The equipment and production

System of sedimentation of CVD-diamond GPI the Russian Academy of SciencesCVD-diamondmonocrystals

Plates of the polycrystalline CVD-diamond

Heat-removing plates CVD of diamond



Comparison of production with analogues

Comparison parametres

Values of parametres

The flowing On 2014год

Project product Analogue of a product

Project product The best analogue (forecast)

Heat-removing plates CVD of diamond in the size from 5х5 mm2 to 20х20mm2, a thickness of 0,25-0,50 mm.

Plates CVD of diamond of marks TM100and ТМ180, the size 10х10 мм2, a thickness of 0.25 mm (ElementSix).

Heat-removing plates CVD of diamond.

Heat-removing plates (ElementSix).

1. Heat conductivity,Vt/mK

800-2000 1000 – 1800 1000-1800 1000 – 1800

2. Specific resistance, Om*sm

>1011 >1012 >1012 >1012

3. A surface roughness, nanometer

90 50 50 50

Market cost of unit of a product, rbl./mm3

90 - 250 68 -140(Without the VAT)

50 - 130 50 – 130

The approximate cost price of unit of a product, rbl./mm3

75 - 200 Not data 30 - 100 Not data

Diamond windows









Diamond windows, diameter of 8 mm – 25 mm.

Plates CVD of diamond marked OP, diameter 8мм, a thickness of 0.5 mm (ElementSix).

Plates CVD of diamond of optical quality

Plates CVD of diamond of optical quality (ElementSix).

1. Heat conductivity,Vt/mK

1800-2000 1900 1900-2000 2000

2. Coef. Optical absorption on length of a wave 10,6 microns,Sm-1

0,06 – 0,12 <0,10 <0,08 <0,08

3. A surface roughness, nanometer

<30 <30 <30 <30


350 400 300 350


250 Not data 200 Not data

Cutting inserts from a hybrid diamond composite (ГАКТМ).









Cutting inserts from hybrid diamond composite GAKTM

Cutting inserts from diamond composite АКТМ (concern ”Alcon").

Cutting inserts from hybrid diamond composite GAKTM for chisel heads

Cutting inserts from diamond composite АКТМ (concern ”Alcon").

1. Hardness, GPa 120-140 (in a CVD-diamondreinforcing element);50 (in polycrystalline to cover АКТМ)

50 110-120 (in a CVD-diamondreinforcing element);50 (in polycrystalline to cover АКТМ)

50

2. The sizes Diameter 4,0 mm,Height of 4,5 mm

Diameter 4,0 mm,Height of 4,5 mm



3. Wear resistance (rather АКТМ) at granite processing

5-14 1 >6 1


350 230 250 230


250 Not data 120 Not data

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Manufacturers of powerful technological lasers (target windows), including – TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG (Germany), Siemens AG (Germany);

Manufacturers of measuring instruments of energy of powerful bunches (entrance windows), including – Coherent Inc. (USA), Ophir Optronics Ltd. (Israel), Newport Corp. (USA);

Manufacturers of gauges and microelectronic structures (substrate), including – Open Society ”Angstrem" (Russian Federation), Open Society "Micron" (Russian Federation), Samsung Electronics (Korea), LG Electronics (Korea);

Manufacturers of extruders (filters), including – Balloffet (France), FortWayneWireDie, Inc. (USA), Open Company «KSD-Ekstruder);

Manufacturers of tools with a diamond covering, tool factories;

Research institutes and the companies, including – Research institute of industrial technologies (Taiwan), K Jet Laser Tek Inc. (Taiwan), institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences.


The market characteristic

Potential consumers and partners

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The markets of the products potentially using components on the basis of CVD-diamond:

The world market of diamond and diamondlike coverings by estimations in 2009 made $782 million. Growth to $1,7 billion by 2015 Is predicted.

The world market of lasers in 2010 made $5,91 billion, growth to $8,8 billion by 2014 is expected.

In 2007 the market of diamond stomatologic pine forests was estimated in $75 million

It is expected that the market of surgical tools will grow to $7 billion by 2016.

The market medical implants makes 10$ billion and steadily grows.



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The market of diamond coverings, million$

Source: company Abercade

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Diamonds both diamondlike thin and thick films have outstanding properties. In this sense of competitive materials is not present in general, therefore it is possible to speak only about materials with more poor quality, but it is essential lower price:For the cutting tool alternatively it is possible to consider ceramics and tungsten carbide.

Iznosoustojchivyh coverings as alternative the ceramic covering can act.

Electronic industry as alternative aluminium nitride can act, but besides here at diamondlike films of a competitive product does not exist, so far as concerns tiny and high-efficiency requirements/processes.

For optical components of competitive products does not exist, since is not present optically transparent materials in so wide optical range as diamond. But here the market grows insufficiently quickly because of for the present concerning the high price.

In the world the largest companies which are engaged in production from diamond plates, are:AIXTRON AG (12 % of world market CVD of coverings), Innovative Plasma Systems GmbH, Germany

Applied Diamond, Inc., sp3 Diamond Technologies, Didco Inc., THE USA

Hebei Plasma Diamond Technology Co., Ltd, East Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd., Simple Technology, Inc., China

Element Six Ltd, Great Britain

Seki Technotron Corpю, Japan

CVD Diamond Corporation, Canada

Awin Diamond Technology Corp., Taiwan

The general competitive advantage of the above-stated companies-competitors is their long enough presence in the market. Also doubtless advantage are financial possibilities of first two companies. It is necessary to notice that expenses on research and development AIXTRON AG (Germany) have made in 2007 about 30 million euro. All is more considerably felt presence in the market of the Chinese companies.

Competitive advantages of production which is let out within the limits of the project:High speed of cultivation of diamond plates.

Presence of technology for cultivation of samples with the best optical properties.

Presence of technologies for creation nanostructures on diamond, including cultivation of diamonds doped with boron components for creation of diamonds with electrospending components.

High quality of production.

Essential price advantage in the Russian market, including at the expense of absence of the customs duties for the Russian buyers.

High level of service from the company-manufacturer and the grantings of technologies expanded possibilities under the concrete client.



The analysis of competitors

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The characteristic of the applicant

Open Company ”Optosystems"

The company develops and makes systems for a laser dusting, microdrilling and microprocessing and exclusive installations for the Russian market for plasmochemical cultivation micro- and nanocrystalline diamond films and plates.

The centre of physical instrument GPI the Russian Academy of Sciences

Technology of cultivation of diamond in microwave plasma

Professor Gennaro Conte

Researches in sphere of optimisation of systems of cultivation of diamond, creation EV and x-ray detectors on a basis mono- and polycrystalline CVD-diamond

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The risk description MinimisationTechnology reproduction abroad on the basis of open publications of collective IOF of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Patenting abroad.

Insufficiently high quality of processing of plates-preparations (essential deviations from planeness, insufficiently low roughness of a finishing surface).

Preliminary performance of research and development (Working out of technology of polishing and polishing of diamond plates) is necessary

Competition from the largest player – ElementSix and the Chinese manufacturers

Granting of experimental batches of production, competitive price.

Probability of occurrence of new players in the market, with the low cost price of production. Patent restrictions.

Priority performance of works on a research and development theme.Carrying out of profound patent search.

Risk of leaving of key membersExisting command

Forming of the confidentialRelations with managementThe companies.The optsionnaja program forManagement.


Risks

Risks of the project

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