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Patent No.:

US 7232774 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2004
Applicants:

Ashima B. Chakravarti, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Bruce B. Doris, Brewster, NY (US);

Romany Ghali, Linden, NJ (US);

Oleg G. Gluschenkov, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Michael A. Gribelyuk, Stamford, CT (US);

Woo-hyeong Lee, Poughquag, NY (US);

Anita Madan, Danbury, CT (US);

Inventors:

Ashima B. Chakravarti, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);

Bruce B. Doris, Brewster, NY (US);

Romany Ghali, Linden, NJ (US);

Oleg G. Gluschenkov, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Michael A. Gribelyuk, Stamford, CT (US);

Woo-Hyeong Lee, Poughquag, NY (US);

Anita Madan, Danbury, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of forming polycrystalline silicon with ultra-small grain sizes employs a differential heating of the upper and lower sides of the substrate of a CVD apparatus, in which the lower side of the substrate receives considerably more power than the upper side, preferable more than 75% of the power; and in which the substrate is maintained during deposition at a temperature more than 50° C. above the 550° C. crystallization temperature of silicon.


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Chakravarti, Ashima. (2007). Polycrystalline silicon layer with nano-grain structure and method of manufacture (U.S. Patent No. 7232774). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7232774

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