Film or layer made of semi-conductive material and method...

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C438S456000, C438S458000, C257S347000

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07052948

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a film or a layer made of semi-conducting material with low defect density in the thin layer, and a SOI-disk with a thin silicon layer exhibiting low surface roughness, defect density and thickness variations. The invention also relates to a method for producing a film or a layer made of semi-conductive material. Said method comprises the following steps: a) producing structures from a semi-conductive material with periodically repeated recesses which have a given geometrical structure, b) thermally treating the surface structured material until a layer with periodically repeated hollow spaces is formed under a closed layer on the surface of the material, c) separating the closed layer on the surface along the layer of hollow spaces from the remainder of the semi-conductive material.

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