Single-crystal – oriented-crystal – and epitaxy growth processes; – Forming from vapor or gaseous state – With decomposition of a precursor
Patent
1993-09-29
1994-11-15
Breneman, R. Bruce
Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes;
Forming from vapor or gaseous state
With decomposition of a precursor
117915, 117951, 437126, 437925, 437975, 148DIG135, H01L 2120
Patent
active
053637984
ABSTRACT:
A method of synthesizing a large area, single crystalline, semiconductor wafer in which the semiconductor is grown on a substrate having a lower melting temperature and higher specific gravity than the overlying semiconductor. The substrate is disposed within an open container or holder having a drain plug. First, a very thin layer of semiconductor is grown on the substrate. Then, the temperature is raised to melt the substrate and anneal the very thin layer of semiconductor. Next, growth of the semiconductor film now floating on the molten substrate is resumed until the desired thickness is obtained. Then, the molten substrate is drained from the holder, the temperature lowered to room temperature, and the nascent large area semiconductor wafer removed from the holder. In an alternate procedure, the molten substrate is not drained from the holder, but the semiconductor is grown to a thickness sufficient to force misfit defects in the underlying substrate as the temperature is lowered and the substrate resolidifies.
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Breneman R. Bruce
Fleck Linda J.
McCarthy William F.
McDonald Thomas E.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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