Bell Telephone Laboratories

Carl Lewis Paulnack

Lewis Emanuel Katz

A method is described for growing epitaxial layers of material on monocrystalline substrates, chiefly silicon, which are substantially free of slip dislocations. The method involves placing an encircling ring of inert, heat resistant material around the rim of the substrate and over the peripheral surface of the substrate to suppress radiation from the peripheral portion of the wafer. The generation of slip dislocations is inhibited because heat is more uniformly distributed throughout the wafer.

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Carl Lewis Paulnack