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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2008
Prantik Mazumder, Ithaca, NY (US);
Kamal Kishore Soni, Painted Post, NY (US);
Christopher Scott Thomas, Horseheads, NY (US);
Natesan Venkataraman, Painted Post, NY (US);
Glen Bennett Cook, Elmira, NY (US);
Prantik Mazumder, Ithaca, NY (US);
Kamal Kishore Soni, Painted Post, NY (US);
Christopher Scott Thomas, Horseheads, NY (US);
Natesan Venkataraman, Painted Post, NY (US);
Glen Bennett Cook, Elmira, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for treating semiconducting materials includes providing a semiconducting material having a crystalline structure, pre-heating a portion of the semiconducting material to a temperature less than the melting temperature of the semiconducting material, and then cooling the semiconducting material prior to exposing at least the portion of the semiconducting material to a heat source to create a melt pool, and cooling the semiconducting material.