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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
117200 ; 117202 ; 117204 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for zone-melting recrystallization of semiconductor films on semiconductor substrates includes a heater disposed opposite the front surface of a semiconductor substrate and moving across the semiconductor substrate at a uniform rate. The heater may be a strip heating element covered with an insulating and refractory material radiating less heat than the strip heating element. Since heat emitted from surfaces of the heating element except the surface opposite the substrate is intercepted by the insulating and refractory film, the width of the molten zone produced in the semiconductor film is reduced.