Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making device or circuit responsive to nonelectrical signal – Responsive to electromagnetic radiation
Patent
1995-06-06
1998-01-27
Fourson, George R.
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making device or circuit responsive to nonelectrical signal
Responsive to electromagnetic radiation
438490, 438563, H01L 21208
Patent
active
057121990
ABSTRACT:
A method of making a semiconductor body includes the steps of preparing a sheet-like substrate having an insulating film and holes which pass through the insulating film, the holes being disposed at a uniform density, preparing a solution in which a semiconductor material is dissolved, and conveying the sheet-like substrate along a surface of the solution so as to grow a single crystal nucleus from each of the holes and thereby form a set of single crystal semiconductors on the sheet-like substrate. A solar cell can be manufactured by forming a semiconductor active area on the sheet-like support member made of a conductive material by a process containing the above-described semiconductor body forming method, and then by forming an electrode which makes a pair with the sheet-like support member.
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Nakagawa Katsumi
Yonehara Takao
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Fourson George R.
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