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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Newsouth Innovations Pty Limited, Sydney, New South Wales, AU;
Inventors:
Brett Jason Hallam, Bexley, AU;
Stuart Ross Wenham, Cronulla, AU;
Malcolm David Abbott, Naremburn, AU;
Phillip George Hamer, Kensington, AU;
Assignee:
NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited, Sydney, New South Wales, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1868 (2013.01); H01L 31/1804 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method for accelerating the formation of defects in doped silicon. A doped silicon area is exposed with high intensity electromagnetic radiation to provide a substantial excess of majority carriers and promote a high rate of defect formation to allow efficient silicon passivation.