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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas R. Block, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael Wojtowitz, Long Beach, CA (US);
Abdullah Cavus, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1331 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/1331 ;
Abstract
A solid state electronic device ( ) comprising a substrate ( ) and layers ( and ) is fabricated to control the formation of crystalline defects to control at least one characteristic of the device, such as current gain beta. The formation of crystalline defects preferably is controlled by controlling the temperature of the substrate, layers or both.