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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:
Jul. 07, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard S Nelson, Goring-on-Thames, Reading, Berkshire, GB;
John A Hudson, Radley, Oxfordshire, GB;
David J Mazey, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148175 ; 148-15 ; 252502 ; 357 61 ; 423446 ;
Abstract
A method of growing a diamond crystal which comprises bombarding the diamond with a flux of carbon ions of sufficient energy to penetrate the diamond crystal and cause crystal growth which is at least predominantly internal, the temperature of the crystal being at least 400.degree. C. and less than the graphitization temperature, such that the diamond crystal structure is maintained during growth.