Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Having selenium or tellurium elemental semiconductor component
Reexamination Certificate
2009-09-28
2011-11-08
Richards, N Drew (Department: 2895)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Having selenium or tellurium elemental semiconductor component
C438S905000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08053274
ABSTRACT:
According to an embodiment, the present invention provide a method for fabricating a copper indium diselenide semiconductor film using a self cleaning furnace. The method includes transferring a plurality of substrates into a furnace, the furnace comprising a processing region and at least one end cap region disengageably coupled to the processing region, each of the plurality of substrates provided in a vertical orientation with respect to a direction of gravity, the plurality of substrates being defined by a number N, where N is greater than 5, each of the substrates having a copper and indium composite structure. The method also includes introducing a gaseous species including a hydrogen species and a selenium species and a carrier gas into the furnace and transferring thermal energy into the furnace to increase a temperature from a first temperature to a second temperature, the second temperature ranging from about 350 Degrees Celsius to about 450 Degrees Celsius to at least initiate formation of a copper indium diselenide film from the copper and indium composite structure on each of the substrates. The method further includes decomposing residual selenide species from an inner region of the process region of the furnace. The method further includes depositing elemental selenium species within a vicinity of the end cap region operable at a third temperature. Also, the method includes maintaining the inner region substantially free from elemental selenium species by at least the decomposition of residual selenide species from the inner region of the process region.
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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Richards N Drew
Stion Corporation
Withers Grant
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