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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Jizhong Li, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Anthony J. Lochtefeld, Ipswich, MA (US);
Calvin Sheen, Derry, NH (US);
Zhiyuan Cheng, Lincoln, MA (US);
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0352 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/0693 (2012.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/047 (2014.01); H01L 31/0687 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/035281 (2013.01); H01L 21/0262 (2013.01); H01L 31/047 (2014.12); H01L 31/0687 (2013.01); H01L 31/0693 (2013.01); H01L 31/184 (2013.01); H01L 31/1852 (2013.01); H01S 2304/12 (2013.01); Y02E 10/544 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract
Structures including crystalline material disposed in openings defined in a non-crystalline mask layer disposed over a substrate. A photovoltaic cell may be disposed above the crystalline material.