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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
May. 09, 2005
Ronald O. Miles, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ludwig L. Galambos, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Janos J. Lazar, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gabriel C. Risk, Burlingame, CA (US);
Alexei L. Alexandrovski, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gregory D. Miller, Foster City, CA (US);
David Caudillo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Joseph M. Mcrae, San Jose, CA (US);
Gisele L. Foulon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ronald O. Miles, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ludwig L. Galambos, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Janos J. Lazar, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gabriel C. Risk, Burlingame, CA (US);
Alexei L. Alexandrovski, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gregory D. Miller, Foster City, CA (US);
David Caudillo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Joseph M. McRae, San Jose, CA (US);
Gisele L. Foulon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Silicon Light Machines Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a ferroelectric material is processed by placing the material in an environment including metal vapor and heating the material to a temperature below the Curie temperature of the material. This allows the bulk conductivity of the ferroelectric material to be increased without substantially degrading its ferroelectric domain properties. In one embodiment, the ferroelectric material comprises lithium tantalate and the metal vapor comprises zinc.