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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. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James F Fleischer, Scotia, NY (US);
Steven M Gasworth, Scotia, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Worthington, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264400 ; 264162 ;
Abstract
A process for shaping a thin, free-standing diamond film having a rough growth surface. The process includes the steps of: cutting the rough growth surface of said film with a laser to form a plurality of first ridges; translating said film in a direction parallel to said surface or rotating said film along an axis of rotation perpendicular to said surface; repeating said cutting to form a plurality of second ridges; and lapping said growth surface to reduce the height of said second ridges. The laser utilized may be a Nd:YAG laser and may be continuous or pulsed.