Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Non-single crystal – or recrystallized – semiconductor... – Non-single crystal – or recrystallized – material with...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-25
2006-04-25
Jackson, Jerome (Department: 2815)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Non-single crystal, or recrystallized, semiconductor...
Non-single crystal, or recrystallized, material with...
C257S065000, C257S616000, C438S150000, C438S166000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07034337
ABSTRACT:
The orientation ratio of a crystalline semiconductor film obtained by crystallizing an amorphous semiconductor film through heat treatment and irradiation of intense light such as laser light, ultraviolet rays, or infrared rays is enhanced, and a semiconductor device whose active region is formed from the crystalline semiconductor film and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided.In a semiconductor film containing silicon and germanium as its ingredient and having a crystal structure, the {101} plane reaches 30% or more of all the lattice planes detected by Electron backscatter diffraction. This semiconductor film is obtained by forming an amorphous semiconductor film containing silicon and germanium as its ingredient through plasma CVD in which hydride, fluoride, or chloride gas of a silicon atom is used, the repetition frequency is set to 10 kHz or less, and the duty ratio is set to 50% or less for intermittent electric discharge or pulsed electric discharge, and introducing an element for promoting crystallization of the amorphous semiconductor film to the surface thereof to crystallize the amorphous semiconductor film while utilizing the introduced element.
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Asami Taketomi
Ichijo Mitsuhiro
Kasahara Kenji
Kokubo Chiho
Mitsuki Toru
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Jackson Jerome
Nguyen Joseph
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co,. Ltd.
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