Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Non-single crystal – or recrystallized – semiconductor... – Non-single crystal – or recrystallized – material with...
Patent
1995-04-14
1997-04-08
Crane, Sara W.
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Non-single crystal, or recrystallized, semiconductor...
Non-single crystal, or recrystallized, material with...
257 66, 257 74, 257 75, H01L 2904, H01L 31036
Patent
active
056190441
ABSTRACT:
According to the present invention, a semiconductor device and a method for producing a semiconductor device in which an active region made of a crystalline silicon film is formed on an insulating surface of a substrate is provided. The method includes the steps of: forming a first amorphous silicon film on the substrate; selectively introducing at least one kind of catalyst elements for promoting the crystallization of the first amorphous silicon film into a part of the first amorphous silicon film before or after forming the first amorphous silicon film; heating the first amorphous silicon film so as to crystallize the first amorphous silicon film in a direction substantially parallel to a surface of the substrate with respect to a region surrounding a region into which the catalyst elements are selectively introduced; forming an insulating thin film in a region on the crystalline silicon film in which crystals are grown in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate so as to partially remove the insulating thin film and the crystalline silicon film so that a linear boundary is formed along a crystal-growing direction of the crystalline silicon film; forming a second amorphous silicon film on the crystalline silicon film; and crystallizing the second amorphous silicon film by heating or by irradiating a laser beam or an intense light.
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Makita Naoki
Yamamoto Yoshitaka
Conlin David G.
Crane Sara W.
Michaelis Brian L.
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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