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Method for manufacturing semiconductor device and heat treatment method

US7323368B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 2003
Grant dateJan 29, 2008
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/0227
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to apply a technique for removing the adverse effect of a substrate shrinkage due to a heat treatment, and further forming a fine and high-quality insulating film, and a semiconductor device that can realize high-performance and high-reliability by using the same, to a transistor formed by laminating a semiconductor film or an insulating film over a glass substrate.A heat treatment that is necessary in a step of forming a thin film element by laminating a semiconductor film or an insulating film over a glass substrate is performed without thermally-damaging the substrate. For the purpose, a light-absorbing layer that can absorb pulsed light over a particular portion of the substrate in which the thin film element is formed is locally formed, and the heat treatment is performed. A semiconductor layer or an insulating layer is disposed between the light-absorbing layer and the substrate, and thus, the portion overlapping with the light-absorbing layer is selectively heated to high temperature and the heat treatment can be performed.

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