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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2005
Applicants:
Dries Els Victor Van Gestel, Vosselaar, BE;
Guy Beaucarne, Oud-Heverlee, BE;
Inventors:
Dries Els Victor Van Gestel, Vosselaar, BE;
Guy Beaucarne, Oud-Heverlee, BE;
Assignee:
IMEC, Leuven, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/20 (2006.01); H01L 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of forming a crystalline silicon layer on a microrough face of a substrate by reducing the microroughness of the face and then performing a metal induced crystallization process on the face is disclosed.