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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
George L Schnable, Lansdale, PA (US);
Chung P Wu, Mercerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148-15 ; 2191 / ; 357 91 ; 427 531 ;
Abstract
A method of rounding a sharp semiconductor projection jutting out from a principal body of semiconductor material comprises the step of irradiating the projection with a laser pulse having an energy density of less than about 1.5 joules/cm.sup.2.