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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1976
Filed:
May. 28, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harvey E Cline, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas R Anthony, Schenectady, NY (US);
Richard A Kokosa, Skaneateles, NY (US);
E Duane Wolley, Auburn, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 48 ; 357 60 ; 357 63 ; 357 64 ; 357 89 ; 357 90 ;
Abstract
A minority carrier isolation barrier in a body of semiconductor material is formed by the migration of a suitable metal-rich liquid zone of an impurity material through the semiconductor body. A thermal gradient zone melting process is practiced to produce a region of recrystallized semiconductor material of the body having solid solubility of an impurity therein to impart a level of minority carrier lifetime thereto which is different from that level of minority carrier lifetime of the body.