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Semiconductor element

US4905072A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1988
Grant dateFeb 27, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer of a polycrystalline silicon thin film containing not more than 3 atomic % hydrogen atoms and having a surface unevenness of not more than 800 .ANG. at its maximum. It may also have an etching rate of 20 .ANG./sec. when etched with a mixture of HF, HNO.sub.3 and glacial acetic acid (1:3:6).

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