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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001

Filed:

Mar. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Hiroki Hamada, Hirakata, JP;

Kiichi Hirano, Anpachi-gun, JP;

Akifumi Sasaki, Kobe, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ; C30B 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ; C30B 1/300 ;
Abstract

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming an amorphous semiconductor film on a substrate, oxidizing the surface of the amorphous semiconductor film in an atmosphere containing water vapor and oxygen, and removing the oxide film which is formed on the surface of the semiconductor film.


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