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Process for epitaxial deposition of silicon

US4874464A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1988
Grant dateOct 17, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/905
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a high throughput single crystal epitaxial deposition process which achieves increased uniformity, both wafer to wafer and across the wafer surface. There is provided an epitaxial deposition process characterized by low-level cooling periods which minimize temperature changes between deposition cycles and inter-cycle cleaning so that each new wafer is presented with a substantially equivalent deposition environment.

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