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Method for producing semiconductor device

US5712191A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1995
Grant dateJan 27, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/093
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In producing a thin film transistor, after an amorphous silicon film is formed on a substrate, a nickel silicide layer is formed by spin coating with a solution (nickel acetate solution) containing nickel as the metal element which accelerates (promotes) the crystallization of silicon and by heat treating. The nickel silicide layer is selectively patterned to form island-like nickel silicide layer. The amorphous silicon film is patterned. A laser light is irradiated while moving the laser, so that crystal growth occurs from the region in which the nickel silicide layer is formed and a region equivalent to a single crystal (a monodomain region) is obtained.

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