Functional device and method of manufacturing the same
US6953754B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L21/268
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides a functional device having no cracks and capable of delivering good functional characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same. A functional layer (14) is formed by crystallizing an amorphous silicon layer as a precursor layer by laser beam irradiation. A laser beam irradiation conducts heat up to a substrate (11) to cause it to try to expand; a stress to be produced by the difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the substrate (11) and the functional layer (14) is shut off by an organic polymer layer (12) lower in thermal expansion coefficient than the substrate (11), thereby causing no cracks nor separations in the functional layer (14). The organic polymer layer (12) is preferably made of an acrylic resin, an epoxy resin, or a polymer material containing these that is deformed by an optical or thermal process to undergo a three-dimensional condensation polymerization, for higher compactness and hardness. Inserting a metal layer and an inorganic heat resistant layer between the substrate (11) and the functional layer (14) will permit a more powerful laser irradiation.
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