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Method of making a semiconductor thin-film

US5531182A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1994
Grant dateJul 2, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/003
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Polycrystalline silicon thin-films having a large grain size are formed by preparing a substrate of amorphous surface comprising first regions containing tin atoms at a higher content and second regions containing tin atoms at a lower content or not substantially containing them, and then heat-treating the substrate to grow crystal grains from crystal nuclei formed only in the first regions.

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