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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1982
Filed:
May. 30, 1980
Harry J Leamy, Summit, NJ (US);
Thomas E Seidel, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of making solid state devices having multilayer dopant distributions, including p-p+ and n-n+ junctions, etc. A semiconductor body is rapidly melted, typically by a laser, electron beam, or ion beam. Present in the melt is a first dopant having a low segregation coefficient and a second dopant having a high segregation coefficient. During rapid resolidification of the melt, the first dopant segregates toward the surface, while the second dopant remains substantially in place, producing a junction. The production of diodes, bipolar and field effect transistors, Schottky barriers, ohmic contacts, junction isolated surface regions, high conductivity paths, etc., is possible by this method.